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Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1846-06-10

Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1846-06-10 page 1

WEEKLY 0 TO STATE JOURNAL VOLUME XXXVI. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1846. NUMBER 45. tempt to furce down the hard-money issue waa about Again being made : An II on out Confession. The Newark Constitutionalist, tin- Hard. Money Lo. cofoco organ of Linking county, in speaking of tho result of the election in that cotinly, makes the following confession : TIIK DEMOCRACY WKKE NOT OUT Vhetj trrrr. dimtijivd vith the Ticket-disliked the issues of Hard-Mnrif and liepftl, irith. out trial, nf the Honk Lairnnd hence PKKMITTED THE KLKCTiON TO GO IiY DEFAULT." Tins paper bowed thu knee to the si Hi ahhard-money " central c i.i (itk " it had iu fiercely denounced. Did it utter the truth when it spoke an above i If so, does it speak the truth mom? when it offtrts to look for victory on this hard-money issue, although nothing ban occurred to niiir for a moment confidence in tlio new system? Answer ye, who may. Who nre Tortus and Traitors! If fucti are allowed to decide the question, it can-not long be in doubt. The braggarts of the Locofoco press, by their denunciations, their abuse and falsehood have done more to obstruct the work of volun-leering and to prevent a hearty co-operation among the people of the country since this war commenced than the worst enemies of the country could do, if allowed lo come and operate in our very midst. What have, they done besides brag and bluster? Immediately around us, the lenders of the opposition have performed no other part of the work. Now, let us sec what Whigs are doing and have done. (jen. Dr. Burs, who was the Whig candidate for Governor of Louisiana, at the last election, volunteered as a prieate when the call was made on Louisiana!Ex-Governor Junks, of Tennessee, offered his services as Captain nf volunteer company ! Under the inspiring exhortations of Hon. 8. S. Piikntiss, the great Whig orator of New Orleans, hundreds rallied to the rescue of our gallant little arfny, supposed to be in the midst of danger. We might go on and give scores of distinguished Whigs in Kentucky who rallied ut the call of their authorities. Kentucky raised the force and complied with the requisition made upon her, before Missouri, Illinois and Alabama had fairly begun to move. The Governor and Whig authorities of our own Stati spent sleepless nights in devising ways and means to comply with the requisition made on Ohio by Hie War Department. But is Ibis all? Hear the N. York Express : The " i niim," as the organ of the Government, is unking itself contemptible in the imputations it throws out n gamut the patriotism of the Whigs, and the Whig Pres, in this Mexican war. Who is Gen. Taylor, now leading our arm tn victory and to glory, in Mexico? A warm hearted, staunch, high minded, Henry Clay Whig. Air. Clay Itns not a warmer friend in the world, one more devoted to him, one who was more anxious for his election to the Presidency. .Nor was there a man in the country more opposed to the Texas annexation, or to thr fay it tros dune. Who is Major IliiiL'gold, whom life bus just been offered up on the bailie field Another Whig, and a Henry Clay Whig! who was thoroughly opposed to Texas annexation, and the tray it tras dune. We did not know Col. Meutti and the olhets, who have fallen, but from their gallant bearing, in the discharge of their duty, we have no doubt they were men of the same school, Commodore Conner, who has rushed to the scene of the war off the Brnzos, as soon as lie heard of it, is, we are told, another Whig. Gen. Heotl, who is to leid our forces in Mexico, has been ft leading W hig candidate for tin Presidency, and has poured out his blood freely for his country. Tho Whigs are not spouttrs, froth-makers, declaim ers, rampant orators, such a the n-l, 40 men are, and all Ihalrlnn and school of uiork patriots, but when any hard fighting is to Ik done for their country, when men or money sre wanted in the battle field, they are there, not spouting, nor making speeches, but acting, as Gen, Taylor dors. If there are any cowards in the day of trial, any ditin numbed for their words, and rem -ant in (heir acts, thev will be found among the frothy "democracy." Wlini Whtgs nnke pledges they mnin what they say, which is much more than can be said of the Drr deiuocrary men. A Dr.sEnvFii Trtmr tk. We are highly gratified to learn that iiiein!crs of Central l.otlet No, of (hid r'ettotrs, of this city, of which he is a member, presented to L-ejl. Jons Ahom, of the Cadets, lal evening, a chaste and beautiful Sword, as a token of their respect ami confidence. It was but a just tribute to unquestioned worth. Should occasion present he will prove tint the Stale has no more loyal son. We understand lint a sword will shortly he present, ed lo the Captain and First Lieutenant of the same company, by their friends. We would suggest a similar nnrk of respect to Capt. W u.rtTr, of the Guards '!' Ins secured the con-fidcticc and respect of his emit mind and of our citi lens generally, by his honorable bearing. Q J The ullicers of ihe Jlil.tr Society of this place, have presented to each of the volunteers in the Iwo companies finned in tint city, for the Mexican cam paign, a copy of the Bible. A rep irt was circulated yesterday, as we are informed, tint some of the mem-tiers of the Companies hid disposed of the sacred volumes improperly. The ullicers of (lie Montgomery Guards pronounce the chirge a base sUnder, as far as it relates to their company ; they hiving ascertained, on inventigition, lint each mem Iter had carefully preserved his copy. I hurra's PuToiii.u. Bim.k Conn. r.ir.. -Tim ."Villi number of Harper's. Illuminated and Pictorial Bible ii out and completes the work. This number is the crowning one of the whole. It is got up magnificently. There are twobenulil'ul full sued engravings intended for tho beginning of the v dilute. Three tantefully arranged and colored designs are included in this number, intended for the record of marriages, births, and deaths. The title pigca are highly creditable works of art. A specimen volume of the whole work, beautifully bound, may be seen at Messrs. Whit mg & Huntington's hook store. Tint FoRf.iiis llcvit.n . In another column will be found the advertisement nf Messrs. Leonard, Scott A- Co., of New York, the rc publishers of (he leading Kuglih Reviews. The series of periodicals embraced in the list, are known by reputation, at least, the world over. They are all old works, sus. tuned to some extent, by the leading men of the two parlies of Knghnd, the Whigs and Tories, but sustained mainly by the resiling politic of Europe on account or their literary merits. Wecannnt here slop l-i sHak uf the character of these works or of their eminent contributor and conductors. The Knglndi He views have a very large nuiutH-rnf readers in this country, and more especially in the Atlantic Stales, and a large nuinler of their lending articles are republished in period teals and reviews of our own conn-try as soon as they are received. The prop-tuitions made by leonard t,V tV, to whose hand is now com-milled Ihe re-publication of these works, are unre liberal than have ever before been made. All who are interested in the literature and politics of Europe, and desire lo gain their reading from the highest sources, Will gladly avail themselves of the opportunity presented lo secure them on highly advantageous terms. Difficulties in the I '.in pi re Ntnte Joim L O Sim ivan, editor of the N. Y. Morning rates of Hank Destruction, the pliant apogisla for News, and also of the Democratic lleview, has been re Ihe action nf the Hill of January ! The Zanesville moved from Ihe office of Printer lo the Corporation of Aurora, a short time before the Convention of the f ih New York and his place given to Slamm & Co. of the was held, quoted and thus commented on a resolution Globe of that city. Since this move the name of O' adopted in Jefferson county, by the hards; j Sullivan has been silently withdrawn from the News uftrssW, That the delegates from J. Ilerson coun- al ' ' brewing in the camp of the ly to the Hth uf January Convention, be nudructcd faithful. Mr. O S. is an accomplished writer, not to agree lo the nomination of any candidal for j The Washington correspondent of the New York itovrrnor unirra or im- i--n-i n : niomcrrisi siys PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MURMNU, 11Y CUAKLKS SCOTT & CO. Oiflco in the Journal BuililinR. south-east corner of High 1 street and Sugar alloy. T K 11 M S : Tunrr TV.- r ir KR ANNUM, which mav be iliachnrtrnil by the payment of To DoM.Aits in advance, and free of j tWMt'ige or of per rentage lo Audits or Collectors. The Journal is aUn published dully during the seraum of the legislature, and llince a ween irie reiuaimirrwt j ; for $: ; and three limes a week, yearly, lor I. THURSDAY EVENING JUNE 4, 1810. The Cnmpuigii Journal ICheering 1 1 We received, last evening, from nn old subscriber, a true-hearted and reliable Whig, a list uf nearly forty subscribers to our campaign paper from his own immediate neighborhood, and he says hits more can lie obtained. The time has come, he says, for every true Whig to buckle on his armor, and they arc arousing nobly to the work in his neighborhood. What is better than all, as showing how the current is setting, one-third of the subscribers be sends are or have been Liicnuriu ! They want light. Another subscriber in another section, sends a strong list, a portion of which, he says, have been Lo-tot.A Iriend in Knox Co , near the Monroe denouncers of the Journal, sends a list of twenty subscriber!. Another friend sends us a list of campaign subscribers, who will, he says, neutralize the influence of the Tux Killer effectually. A devoted and untiring friend in the South-western section of the Hi ate sends us n list nf thirty-four subscribers, and informs us that he expects to get as many more. The limit gratifying feature about ibis whole busi-tiess is, th d our new subscribers arc nearly all among the funuers in the country. This shows where Whig measures arc most highly cherished and will be best sustained. It shows too what a little well-directed labor of true hearted men will effect. This is the w.iy Ihe work goea on. The Whiirs of Ohio are aroused by the fnlso clamor of the Locofoco leaders, and they will do up the work before them thoroughly. Wu nre under obligations to our opponents for the work they have thus done for us. Tho Ftiilure to Supply Fundi! For the equipment and sustenance uf the Volunteers for which it called, has raited down tho severest centum on the administration. The greatest dilhrulty was experienced by the authorities of Ibis Stale at every step taken. The Governor was without a fund to which he Could resort. The Government had a large uui in two of Ihe D inks of the State, but they were mil instructed to pay any of it out, and if they advanced a fund Ihey did so at their own risk. Why was this ? Why did not the War Department and the President, with millions of dollars in their hands appropriated for that express purpose, send in the same mail that bore the requisition, an order on the Deposite Hanks to ad-vane what was necessary f I intend nf doing this, they left the Governor to raise money as best he might, and he was compelled to make loans on the faith of the State before he could proceed. Su h a course on the part of the administration is without excuse. When Gov. Ii. wrote to tho Department to know what he hould do, after a long interval, he was informed thu I the matter would be taken into consideration, or some-thing to that effect. The Cincinnati Gazette says, in alluding lo ihe matter ; Now the Governor of Ohio has been invited to cnll Tor Volunteers under this law, to till three of the six rvgnnenU apportioned to Ohio ; but no funds have been placed at his disposal to furnish or piv these Volunteers in any way, in whole or in part, it the funds are not at hand, and the convenience of the troops In-not cared for, the fault is not his, but that of Ihe Depirt-nient of War at Washington. Why should the Governor raise on his own credit means for supplying these Volunteers.' What law of the Stale or of the Vnited Stales imposes tins duly upon him f We know uf uoue. The Governor cannot be expected to advance mnef to the nation, lie Ins no means at his dispos il for that purpose. If inconvenience is sutfert-d aud blame imputed, let it attach tu those in fault. The Governor is not in fault. nj'The Cincinnati Commercial, of yesterday, thus ad visa's us tint news will he forthcoming speedily: News from lh Army. Our dates, at lime of writiiiir. Tuesday noon, are. from New Orleans, up to Monday evening of last week, when the Cilicion iti left. Tile steamer Telegraph was hourly expected to arrive from Hraos Santiago. The next boats whirli were to leave New Orleans when the Cincinnati left, were the Duke of Orleans and the M ignolia ; they will probably bring fur-tlier news from our army. Iorofoco Prci-c on Ihe Currency beforo and niter tho Hth ot Jnuunryl Cnless we suppose that Ihe mass of our opponents are mere automatons lo Ik- moved aud operated upon at the pleasure of a few leaders contemptible in point of intelligence and as low in character, in many cases, we are forred to the conclusion that on the Currency question the Whigs hivr an overwhelming majority Willi them. Before the Hib of January a large number, if not a majority of the Locofoco presses at re 11 1 ously opposed every attempt to make a din-el issue on the Currency aucslmn. They attributed their defeat last fall to their position against a mixed currency, and predicted overwhelming defeat if the same issue hould again be made. Such were the sentiments tioldly promulgated at various points, and no one con doubt that the slate of publtc sentiment forced a portion of the Journals thus to speak. Now, as nothing lias occurred to change that sentiment. We must suppose it still to exist. It was not a transient feeling, but the growth of careful observation and dear experience. The people of Ohio had trird fairly tried, nmsl of ihe nostrum! of Locofoco leaders. They had reaped nothing but disappointment and difficulty, and they n-fum d lo join Ihe crusade of their leaders against the Currency. Dot Ihe eMk of Jmtrtry, the ever memorable Hth dawned : after a hard but brief struggle, the softs who were the strongest, were overawed, ducomtiited, intuited and set at defianre. What follows.' rr a tiuir sonic of the presses of Ihe pirty refused to succumb. But the majority of the in were content to pocket the insult they had received and smother their own convictions. Are wo to supose that the ieople themselves, the fri Is of a mixed currency among our opponents, also bowed their nerks and followed the berk of their time-serving presses t T say so, would imply, as we hive remarked, that they were mere aulonialotis, without wills of their own, wilhout a conception of truth, utterly devoid of principle. Those may believe what is so derogatory to a portion of the people of Ihe State, who choose to do so, We cannot. We believe that the ensuing election will how that the people are not friendly to an exclusive metallic currency ; that they do not regard With favor a proposition lo compel them to pay their taxes in gold and silver. Our object in commencing this article waa merely to hold up a mirror in which a portion of our opw-nriita can see themselves, and to enable the rank aud file among our opponents to form some estimate of tiie character of those who arc note Ihe vociferous advo- tie tie rnl Hcolt DiHk-ulties at W nhhiiiKtoil. The Washington correspondents of the eastern pa pers speak, very positively, of dilticulties and intrigues ut Washington, arising out of an attempt made, in some way, to supercede him in command or to place him in an improper position. It was stated, as will he recollected, nearly two weeks since, that Gen. Scott had been called on to take command of the forces of the country and lo direct the operations against Mex- It wo recollect aright Ihe Washington papers gave currency to this announcement. A few days alter wards il was announced tint Gen. Scott had been requested to go to the Rio Grande to take charge of thu forces now under tho command of tho gallant Gen. Taylor. This was sedily followed by a state ment that Gen. Scott had declined going to the Itio Grande to take charge of tho regular forces under the command of Taylor, on the ground that the latter had proved himself fully competent to the management of thu operations there, and more than a unite 1 1 for oil the forces the Mexicans had there or could bring into the field before our volunteer tinny was collected. He was unwilling to rob Gen. Taylor of a single laurel, and for reasons worthy of an honorable man and a true hearted soldier, he declined superceding him in the work he had an, well begun. Then first came ru mors of difficulties, with announcements occasionally from various sources, that Gen Scott wna to take com mand of the whole forces, as soon as raised, by virtue of his rank in the army ; and that he would make the arrangements for a vigorous campaign against Mexico, the leading feature of which was to he an invasion at several points, to be consummated by nil assault upon the Mexican Capital itn lf. Humors of difficulties and ruptures, however, still accumulated and assumed more tangible forms. Il is now said, by some of the best letter writers nt Washington, that an angry cor respondence has taken place between Gen. Scott and the Secretary of War, because the former would not go and tuko charge of Gen. Taylor's army that all the difficulty and all the intrigues thai have led to Ihe present state of aff.iirs, were brought about by an attempt to make this war a rrfr affair Ihat a portion of the Locid'oco members of Congress actually went the length of a protest before the President against calling Gen. Scott lo his post as Commander of the forces brought into the field, on the ground that Ar, ha-r 'm been nnmrd in connection with the next Presidency, trout d t in alt prnfntliilitij, to distinguish himsttf if brought into thcfu:ld, as to girt him a popularity litfun which the loyal furcn uf the adminintration could not ttand ! licit thereupon Gen. Scott was slighted, although making every arrangement fur the campaign and that he Ins, finally, demanded an his right, the command of the forces now raising for the campaign. It is also slated that the bill introduced authorizing the appointment of two Major Generals and a further increase of the military establishment, was a political movement designed tn carry out the object of ultimately dispensing with Gen. Sr.ott and of placing in the field certain partisans of .Mr. l'olk, among them the licentious and unscrupulous Houston himself. The country has walehed with solicitude these movements. A deep feeling has her 11 aroused. Gen Scott h is, in a pre-eminent degree, the confidence of the country, and is looked to as the man who by rank, by long and faithful service, by g ill uit achievements during the last war, by prudence and sngacity, is entitled lo the command of the armies of the country. Any attempt to inflict a wrong on him or to consum mate the unparalleled baseness of ordering this war tor party purposes, will amuse a llame throughout the Hunk of River Knisin. The people of this and the Southern section of the State, owo it to their own Hanks that they are not victimized by tho explosion of Ihe last of the wild-cat institutions of Michigan, the Bank of tlivcr Haisin ! The new as welt as Ihe old institutions of the State have mudo every effort to drive out of circulation tho floods of foreign paper they found among us. As rapidly as prudence and the peculiar state of affiirs in the country would allow, they have put out their own pajHT lo fill up the vacuum. It is only because there ii not yet half enough bank capital employed in the State, that any considerable amount of foreign paper remains among us. Let tho people of the State by sustuining their own admirable system, univeisally admitted to be the safest aud best for the note-holder, in the country, finish the work so well begun by our present institutions and secure to us s circulating medium exclusively of Ohio paper, which every man can receive with confidence knowing that it is just as good as gold and silver at all times. Il having been intimated by one of the Locofoco presses of this city, (with the hope of concealing tho fact that the Bank of Hiver Raisin was established by a Locofoco legislature for the benefit of Cass, lying and other leading Lorofocosof Michigan,) that the City Bank f Columbus had given credit to the llivor Raisin paper by receiving, redeeming and putting it in circulation, the Cushier of that institution has taken the trouble to expose the falsehood, as fullows City Uakk or Coi.vmrl'S, Columbus, O., May MJ, 18J(j. To the Editor of the Ohio Statesman : Sin hi your piper of this evening, 1 find this statement 41 River Raisin money received credit in this region by being redeemed by the Mechanics' Savings Institution.'' This statement is not true. The Mechanics' Savings Institution never did redeem the notes of the River Kaisin W ink of Michigan, Tile Mechanics' Savings Institution had not any connection, directly or indirectly, with that bank. Several years ago, when the circulating medium of this Slate was composed chiefly ot the notes of foreign banks, those of the River Raisin bonk made their appearnnce here also, and they were received, as other foreign bank notes, by the Savings' Institution, as by the then other banking institutions of the city, on deposite, and in the other ordinary transactions of business. It was not cuHtoitiary lo pay these notes out here, but ns opportunities offered, to send them to Michigan, or to the northern part of the Slate, whence thev came. The amount in circulation iu this part of the Stale, did not, at any time, appear to bo great. For tin last twelve months, very few of the notes of that or nf any other Michigan hank, have been here. Since the new banks went ntn operation, 1 1 ley have been careful to send home, with a great deal of other foreign paper, all Michigan notes in particular. So fur as I can learn, there were not J'JO River Raisin notes, ( I only know of certain,) in this city when the bank failed. Since then, only one three dollar bill has been offered to me, and Ihat was brought to town by a merchant who had been making collections iu the north. These are fads. Considering the nature of the statement that has appeared in your piper, it would be right. I think, that you should publish this. Very reHeetlullv, tllOS. MOOD1K. A Regular SpoilMimn-A Hiird," to tho Life. C'jiiiiuend us to ihi vociferous leaders of the hard-money faction wh are now seeking to rule this State, for a fair specimen of the spoilsman," one who always takes good cire tint his own broth is well seasoned. Hut Ins patriotism does not run away with his prudmcci that his principles do not incommode him in the pursuit of the one thing needful, ttenjnmiu Tap country before which a miserable, plotting, intriguing, pun, to whom we are indebted fur the n limitation of imbecile dyu-isly, will be no more able lo stand thun are the Mexicans be fire our gallant army on the Rio (iraude. Let the President lie ware, in time, how he moves. The country will tolerate none of the tricks of caucus leaders aud plotting managers, when our alliens ore in the field, iu battle array. Their cup is now nluiosl full. Their measure of guilt ami folly is nt- Dihii Ton, fur the p osition now occupied by the Locofoco forces of Ohio, and who is, emphatically, the leader of the Destructives in the war on the B inks of this State, is a genuine specimen of the genus "Adrrf," and has earned the right to lead such a wor thy host, by a life in which sc'fdntial. aud all the graces of the pitriotic citizen shine out iu inimitable ready m arly intolerable. In reference to the fame and 1 beauty and purity. 11 is abstraction and publication of hts of our defenders our people are peculiarly sensi tive. A train may be ignited beforu the administra tion is aware of it, which will utterly annihilat Iiojm's and fruslruie schemes. certain papers pending the annexation of Texas, in violation of his faith us a Senator, under the pretence that the interests of the country demanded anrxposi- Ml blow ilk U:ilj UiiilaltrO tlin uf I1IC UoutvmjfUiiil a.U him lr.t support of tint fraud, in all its enormity, are hut a por- For the sake of the country we trust that many nf . tion of his pitriotic achievements' by which he has the rumors afloat will be silenced and that the future ; commended himself t j the confidence of Ihe people course of tho administration Will be chosen with a of Ohio. His efficient labors as the signer and circu-strict reference to right, propriety, honor and the best lator of a batch nfshinfdasttrs in this Stale, a few years interests of the nation. j since, and his present undying wtility to paper money The following is a portion of a long and ably writ-; and all the desiente enormities of the B inking Sys- u-ii article that appeared in a Philadelphia paper aud lent, establish his claim to consistency aud principle is corroborated by statements in tho New York and Baltimore papers: About this lime (a week ago) it became necessary to frame a bill systematizing the details of thai granting the supplies. This was con tilled to (ten. Scolt, and wis laid bef re the Military committee of the Senate in Ins hand writing. It was done with the knowledge aud consent, and 1 believe at Ihe request of the W ar Department The Military committee of the Senate met, aud Mr. Mtrcv, Hie Secretary of War, appeared in person before them a proceeding altogether unusual. Several 1 ne m tier being absent, a section was introduced with out any conference Willi Gen. Scott, which appears as l lie very Jtrst in tlie bill reported on 1 uesday morning list by Col. Benton. It is as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and Hon- of Represen tatives o tin' tiuled Stales of America in emigres aisemtiled, That the President of the United States be, ami hereby is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent ol the ntr, two major-grn- rni's, and tour bngaun'r-generais, 111 addition tu itie present military establishment. When it isremeialMTcd, that according to the recent act, the Slates are allowed to appoint their own ullicers, that three Generals of the regular army, Gen. Taylor, Gen. Worth, and Gen. Wool, exclusive of ihe Comuiaiider-in-Chief are lo be on Ihe held, and therefore tint no necessity, and no reasonable pretext exists for the creation of these new ullicers, and the mode by which the clause was inserted 111 the bill, is t ike u into consideration, it cannot but be inferred, there was some desided motirt fur such a movement upu the part of the administration, when the personal agency of a inemlHT of the Cabinet, was necessary to procure its adoption. Will the Government paper answer whether it was the President s purpose by this means fa suprrredt (iiH. Scott in the command of the army, or Ay securing plnrtsfor his friends oif, to return them at the tlosr of the war, trhrn the pence tstuohshmeHt eumt to he far mid) by wring thr go by to Sctttt nnd Haines? I liese are pungent interrogatories ami rrftiicti answers nre demanded by the country, of whose glory and greatuesss the reputation id' Wixt it.i.o S101 r is no unimporlint part. 1 challenge a manly aud candid reply, and I rail upon Ihe President's organ, to tell nn, why this increase of high officers was demanded by the President through his Secretary of War, when Hot needed for Ihe service, In ibis connection let me venture a prediction if this bill is pa-Mcd, Ximttrt Houston, of Texai, will be a General in Ihe army of the Tinted Stales, mark lint! The inferences are left for those who choose to form th em his unchanging regard for tho interests of the dear people on an immutable basis. But, if any thing was wanting to illustrate fully and in just proportion his admirable traits of character, Ins disinterestedness and patriotism, it it fully supplied in the following : Correspondence of the Kirhmond Times and Compiler. W (Mm. to, Mjy J t, 1 lli. A Curious Case Kx-Senator Tap pin from Ohm (a Locofoco of bless ed memory) was appointed to inspect and arrange the inincrnlogical collections brought home by the exploring Expedition, by a committer of Congress. In almost all cases there are duplicates. He was allowed by the committee, for his sercietf, tn take one of each, provided he left all Ihe best specimens for deposite liere. Like Iloyt with the Sub-Treasury, however, lie looked upon tins as a mere Jirtum and has sent oil to Ohio all the best specimens for his own use ; making in the operation in a short time, from i'Ji tr ).",- (HMI. It was discovered a few days ago, and communicated to the Committee of Congress who appointed Inm, who instantly repealed the resolution giving Ihe 1 thee. He resigned directly, and his made a bee-line fur Ohio in quick time. They can do nothing with him, 1 suppnje; for it waa simply a breach of privilege. But is'nt he an un terrified Democrat? By some this is set down as the latest case of ") senct of mind." People of Ohio, behold the min who was deemed worthy lo represent you in the most dignified body of the country, (Ihe U. 8. Senate) and who now calls you tn enlist under At; banner and that of his son, Ihtrid Tody in a crusade against Ihe Currency of the Slate and against the "extravagant "and " selfish" Whigs ! Conquest Mora Hlnve Stalest From the givmgj out in various quutera we entertain hul little doubt that it is the intention of Ihe ad. ministration tn send a force into and giin possession of California. The Nashville I nion, a paper in tho confidence of Mr. Polk, admits tint audi is the design. Now, by what right the administration will retain California, any inure than any other art of Mexico, is a problem we are at a Iocs to solve. If it is Ihe intention to take any part of Mexico, all of it should be taken. There should be no mincing. Mexico waa dissatisfied liccause a portion of her territory was taken, but when another sliro was threatened she resisted. Having driven her from the field we now proceed to lake another shre that will make aouic beau- David Tod's IMnn for Imposing th Increased Burthens ol Taxutiou on the Farmers And holders of real property in the State, hus excited the utmost astonishment. A single gtanco at the measure he urged, shows so plainly that it must prove oppressive and onerous in the last degree, in its operations on those who were already paying more than a just portion of the taxes of the State, as to excite a universal expression of surprise that any man could could be found to favor it. Had U been coupled with a provision to bring all the other properly of the State personal as well as rial the capital of the merchant, the wealth of the money lender, the- magnificent furniture of tho wealthy, &o. &c., all would have been right. 11 that case thu great object of the present law equal tufitton, taxation in proportion to ability to pay and actual wealth, would have been secured. But nothing of this kind was proposed or named by Mr. Tod and those who voted with him. Among them it is true, were some who are our political and personal friends; but they see their error, and they would not ask us to palliate an unjust principle, an erroneous measure, in order to screen thetn. We could not, if they did. It is but right that the people of the State should know that those who have so falsely assailed the present tax law, urge the elevation to the Gubernatorial chur of a man who sought to b, ing the hrhi of the Stale on tat Tax Licl, with ha. their im-rftovKiKNT, ai their Cash Vai.uk, while he would allow the millions or iioi.i.ari woi.h of personal pro-perttji brought on the Tai List by the present law, to KHCAPK F.N Tilt EL t ! Pictorial History or Ejolanu. This is a work just put to press by Harper & Brothers, to be comple ted in 40 numbers, making when done four elegant volumes imperial octavo. In point of artistica) execu tion it bids fair to equal any work of a historical character, designed fir a standard library edition, ever is sued by thu Harpers. It is sufficiently voluminous to do ample justice to the vast Held it explores, at least to suit the taste of the general reader. It embraces a his to-1 ry of the people as well as of Ihe government and institutions, and comes down aslatc as the reign of George the .id, as late, if not later, thin any other work on Knglaud published m this country reaches, and embra cing a period nt peculiar interest to the people of this country. It comprehends in its des'tgn a history of Scotland and Ireland, and is to be carried on in separate divisions. Three or four numbers will be issued every month. The pictorial illustrations are copious and executed in a style eiptal to those of the pictorial bible. The numlier before us contains Hi) piges, a largo amount of matter. cents per number. It may be had at Whiting aqd Huntington's. CorrcHpoiiitcnca of the Biltiinore American. From Wiihhinuton Wamiim.toh, May III). The Democratic members of the House of Representatives were in caucus last night. The meeting was well attended, but many were absent, and the Tariff Democrats were among the many, and it is understood Ihey will refuse to go into caucus upon the question of destroying the Tariff of lVi. It was enough for these men to vote for and electioneer for James K. l'olk, whose election was almost sure to destroy the Tariff That one act has had the e fleet of crerting great distress and great distrust, all of which might hive beeu avoided by securing the choice of a man attached to the iiMtituiioiiH of the country. The caucus, ns I understand, order that the new Revenue Hilt shall be called up in two weeks from next Monday, or about ihe middle of June. The Navy Appropriation Bill is yet to be acted upon, with some smaller appropriation bill, and the design is to get this out of the way before the Keyenue Bill is called up. I lie 1'nvalc t ilenil ir, it is understood, is tn be aban-loned, and it may be for the session of Congress. Never were claimants upon the jintice of Congress so badly treated as by Ihe present. Between the law's lay aud 41 the nisol -nee of office, aclaiuiant here is frowned upon for making a demand of his claims. If fie is a poor man he is put off as a beiiar, and if a rich man he is treated as a nibnb. The ' tender mer cies " of Congress are as cruel as the grave. I he hour of meeting was also a caucus measure and the propowd recess. It has failed to-day, but may succeed to-morrow. The 1' resident has ventured upon a rebuke of the Senate by renominating Hk.irt Hons as Collector of I'o.t 1-lKUdt IptlOt. tiful stare Stales and render more secure than ever the The Moximn W nr. Purpose of the Adminis rule of the slave-power. And tins that prince of S nit hern schemers, the ('resident, thinks the people lug laws of this State, opposing the incorporation of all chartered monopolies, and support Ihe establishment of a sound metallic currency. ' ' What do ihe Oriuociary ol (Mukingum say u una No hitle matter of loral interest in the city of New York has attracted more attention than Ihe election ol the lilulc editor over Mr. O Sullivan as printer In the Corporation, The reason of tins attention has liecti dormer Are they ready tn deride at their county I nmt ,. (ji.e has recenllv stlaeki d Mr Manrroltand meeting In he held on the 17lh inst. whether Ihey will ytt Marry most unmercifully, much lo the rhsgrm of ft sg iiiiii oanas, ana insirnei meir aeicjrniei - uoi p,,W(.r t Isnt Ite ami tn Ihe great annoyance ol lr. to sirrre to the nomination of any candidate for OoV' rrnor unless he adviwate the repeal of the banking law of litis Slate 1 ' and support the establishment of an ex-climve metallic currency i Are you ready lo advo cale the passage of a law 1 compelling- Treasurers lo receive nothing but gold and silver for taxes.' We think il would lie well for the Democracy of this county to express their opinions un tins suljectat their county meeting." The "democracy " of Muskingum did answer and will more emphatically answer this question by aiid hy. Their press has been recreant to its convictions and the true interests of the people, hut Ihey will take care of themselves. They will show that ihey dare to vindicate their own sentiments. Hear the Newark Constitutionalist, another Loco, fooo paper, speaking from a full heart, all its convictions, just after tha sloction last fall and when an al- Bitchie, Mr. l'olk has determined not to dismiss Mr. Bincroft ; no milller how great Ins unpopularity inny Ite, aud no matter how strongly Congress may desire that he should do so. The President, no doubt, would In pic sited lo confer on Mr. B. a foreign uiismnii, but this he cannot do while the Semite is in session, for it is hardly possible that Mr. U could get a single vote in Ihat EhhIv. And if he wen to appoint Inui alter the adjournment it would be an indignity which the next session would resent by an immediate rejection and rrcal. Mr Tyler's Testimony. Mr. Tyler has given in Ins testimony before Ihn Committers at Washington, and it is said he entirely eirulpatet Mr. Webster from all the charges mads against him by Mr. Inge noil, and states that theseen-1 fund waa properly expended, under his owndirection. trillion The following more than seuii-ollicial disclosure of the views and purposes nf the Administration in its war with Mexico is so frank and full, thai the I'ublic, to lie enabled to make up its opinion of their merits, requires only to know, in addition, from the same authority, what it is, on thepirl of the Mexican Republic, thtt Ihe Kxeciitive would consider as manifesting "a sense of justice." Vnt. Intel, From " the 1'nion" of yeitrr.lay morning. Tin New York Albion invokes all the friends nf Iieaee to exert their best ftVrts for its preservation, t thinks the dinger imminent. We sympathise in our wishes with the Albion. W e, too, deprecate any war between tireat Britain and the I'niled States, and we invoke as sincerely as it does Ihe blessings of neare between the Iwo nations. Hul why does it in dulge any fears at this moment? Why suppose Ihat the rait for fifty thousand volunteers points lo a war with Kugland ? We mean to conduct ihe war against Mexico wild all the vigor in our power. We may want Iwenlv-Hve thousand volunteers, or even more, to strike such a blow as may roniel her to make peace. II e shatl innate her territory ; ire shall sriir her strongholds ; ire shall t a k ft r.vin urn 1 antu., if there tuna other mmns of bringing her torn senst of jnttirr. We mav want fifty th timnd volunteer, not sgunst Fnirland, but fr the Mexican w ar. W by need Ihe Allium, then attribute our nnlttarv energy to any cov ert design of waging a war against Knglaud t U J" Will the Ohio I'rcss In good enough to answer our inquiry whether it garbled the quotation made from tltr Ohio Hjteclalor? The last named paper says Ihat Ihe quotation in the columns of the Press cannot Ite found in its column!, How is itr lei) the truth for once, if it should shams the . will submit to quietly and tamely Steadily and Htenllhily is the slave power extending its grasp and adding to its sway. Il Mexico should refuse to give up some nf her ndiest territory, that will, of course, ho -1 good and suthcient reason mr continuing tne war. Oreat Britain has a inorlgige nn California f several years standing, and it is much tn bo feared that any attempt tn carry out the sb-ive namej scheme will be productive of serious dithculties between that UoV mmentand ours ; not that she has aright to interfere, except by mediation, between us and Mexico; but because this security which she holds for a heavy sum nf money, will thus be removed beyond her reach, unless we assume Ihe debt. But, why surmise on these points? Having com menced the work of conquest aud allowed a new slave State with extraordinary privileges, to be annexed, in violation of the plain letter of the Constitution, how can we pause? Having started on Ihe career of error, although we are now made sensible of the price wo shall have lo pay in treasure aud life, peace aud pros- HTity, lor lue lone alsr, where shall we uraw the lino and stay our slepi ? What would justify one step will justify a (toxi n in the sauie track. The blessings secured lo us by the self-denial, the toil ar.d siilVcrmganf the men of 7l, are all to be haxarded by Ihe pursuit of a new and untried career : untried in our case only: but tried to their ruin by nations lie fore us, that have paamd down the tide of1 time and exist now only on the page nf history, Miy Ood, in his mercy, save the Republic, aud avert from us the ruhiuiiici thai impend Pecuniary Fliects of War, Behold the betfinuinirs f evil as described in the following cxlrsrt from a letter from New Orleans lo the Courier 5t Knquirer : Alarm and distrust porvade the commercial cnmmv nity exchanges have rapidly fallen Sterling fj per cent, sight checks on N. York 'JAv-l per cent, discount if day bills :U and then Willi ureat dilticully. and in limited amounts. Produce falling still more rapid ly Flour was offered yesterday nt 'j aud could probably have been bought at jfii. Corn which five days since was at 4-V is to-d iy down to 3'e. Cotton has ileclined 1c per lb. All kimU of inerclundiae are un saleable, except at ruinous rates. Real estate proper ty dead. Money has probably never been scarcer not yen in the general crash ol IKw. Failures h ive already beirun, and so many more an ticipated, that con tide lice is dreadfully shaken. It is also throwing all the freight into foreign bottoms, who not only obtain the preference, but h-gher rales than American vessels. Iiritish shins sre asking Id on Cotton this high rate has not yet been submitted to, hut I have little doubt will be shortly obtained. Two American ships were taken up yesterday at d. 1 ne state ot amirs will react severely on the West, and as a small specimen of the effect of war niton the value of their produce. It will alio react in New York when tho O overtime tit call upon the deosit banks tn place heavy funds at this place, which thev will have to do in specie, as il would be impossible to negotiate bills tie re or buy them at Ihe North 011 this place, in sutticient amounts except at a loss greatly exceeding ttie cost of sending specie, which must either be sent over the mountains and down the river or by a ship 01 war as in present premium in packet ships is per cent , and would be three tunes tint, on the first knowledge that a privateer was afloat against our com merce. The Volunteers Wo hear great complaint, and justly too amonir our citixens generally, nt the refusal of Congress to increase the pay of Volunteers from eight to fifteen dol lars per mouth. It will Ite recollected, a proposition to this e fleet, was Ihe other day brought before the House, by Mr. Root, a W hig member from Ohio, but it was iiMautlv voted down by a party rote the Whg voting for it, and the Locoforos airsinst it. Kven Mr. Fa ran, our Representative, votrd, we believe, in 1 ne negative The Voluiiliirs thus have an intimation of what they may expect at the hands of the demagogues who have climored so loudly lor war, and prated so much about patriotism and national honor. Verily they are a modest and liberal set of geullemen ! They are paid eight dollars per day for declaring thai war exists, but the ptor citixen-soldier, who is called from his family and home, is forced to march thirty days over and deserts beneath a tropical sun, for eight dollars. The constituent receives about Iwentv-seven cents for fighting a hard day s battle, and ttie Krprrsrnlatice gels f i for a few hours' hard talk against Mexico. The niggardly parsimony uf (he party in power will yet recoil on litem, and swy, to a certain extrnt, retard sen-ounly Ihe vigorous prosecution of the present campaign. There is neither Ihe energy nor the liberality manifested at the outset which the country had expected, aud which its interests demand Ciariairi .Mas. Tiir. Ix AMoi-s Tax Law. The Radicals arestriv-ing tn make Ihe new tnx law odious in the opinions of the people by endeavoring to make them Indie ve it relieves Ihe rich and oppresses the poor. That the hw may be improved in some respects there ia no doubt, for the itiliject is a very complicated one, aud the precise operation of all its machinery cannot be told till it is tried. But wo have two cases in point that will show how it relieves the rich, and it is just such relief as a close-foiled rich man would not like at all. A certain estate in Trumbull county under the old C. M. Clay's Notes on Abbott Lawrence. Abbott Lawhkrcj's Lkttkhs to W. C. Rivf.s. We have read these two letters with great cure. The reputation of Mr. Lawrence as a clear headed business man, entitles his opinions to at least a candid consideration, whilst his courtesy and liberality as a gentleman, demand of us terms of delicate respect. It is not the province of this Journal to discuns topics of mere economical interest, upon which the two great parties of this nation are divided ; we therefore ovoid an anulysis of Mr. Lawrence's theory of a tariff and " reciprocity treaties." Suffice it to say, that we do not dissent from him in a single position taken. We sre horn stly of opinion that a tariff of discriminating duties, for the purpose of sustaining and creating homo manufactures is equally beneficial to capital and to lahor, which is the main point, well paid labor being the first element of National and Individual progress. By creating new places for work, you do not diminish the old, and it seems to us that a man who places two manufactories where only one existed be-tore, is equally entitled to the honor of benefactor of the race "as he who causes two blades of grass to grow where there was but one before." It is plain, as Mr. L. says, that Great Britain does all her free trade iu her literature, not in her halls of Legislation. Far less can it be said of other nations, that they are for free trade ; for they seem rather to be verging towards a more restrictive system. But even were it otherwise, we deny that it is our policy to go for free trade. We take the broad ground that if every nation in the world were to abolish tariffs, we should hold on. We say that all commerce consisting in exchange between nations of other than exotic things, is a loss to one or both. Any marine, or other Ihau a productiveoue by fisheries, &c. is a dead loss to mankind, to the whole amount of all the ships snd outfits, the food and clothing of the men and of the labor. The more of man's wants that can be supplied in his own home, and nation, the better for mankind. Let us descend from theory to practice. New England has a poor soil ; but she has learning or skill and water power. It is her interest then to make every thing she wants within her own borders sccording lo the general theory. Foor as her soil if, it is her into rest to till it to the best advantage, rather than let it lie waste, relying for exchange of clothes for Western provisions. But her population rises to the point of subsistence where her soil ceases to afford foi her people ; what then ? they must emigrate, starve, or manufacture, and by an exchange of those manufactured articles, get food. Here mie theory is fully sustained. Kentucky sends her beef snd pork there aud gets manufactured goods in exchange. New England does well; she pursues general principles, and gels rich. But how is it with Kentucky ? She. bv viola ting general principles is kept with all her advantages of soil comparatively poor! Because she bears Ihe expense of all tho exchangf. Our hats, dec, cost us more than ttie farmers of New hnglund, and our beet sells for less. A hut 111 Boston costs the farmer four or five dollars: us five or six. Tho Boston and New York farmers iret from five to six cents for their nound of beef, that pays for the hats. The Kentuckian gets but three cents for his pound of beef at New York or iioston, where we now drive, it costing hun three cents carriage ! These are farts!! Now by 1 division of labor in consequence of home manufactures, on as good a farm with the same labor, the Massachusetts man enjoys twice the amount of the physical wants as the Kentuckian fur every want supplied is a punitive pleasure. Mr. L, tells us to educate our children, and put wheels on our water courses, and then we will (areas well as Massachusetts true, but not the whole truth. Wp would faro better, iust as much as our land is richer than the land of Massachimolts. But why did not Abbott Lawrence tell 111 that slaves were not, and could not become equal to Massachusetts freemen t And of course, education never would become general, and wheels never be put upon our water courses f 3ir. Lawrence does not fear competition in manufactures from us. Of course not ; for he knows just as well as we do that slaves would not manufacture if they could, and could not if they wouiu : No, Mr. Lawrence knows, and W. C. Rives knows, and we know, that any Slave State is just now by slavery what he predicts America would Ite by the loss of the tariff! Wo are provincial, an agricultural peo. pie, wilhout division of labor: and without capital. and must ever remain so, through all time, while sla. very lasts. And we now, before sll America, since Mr. Lawrence has presumed to instruct the South, put the question to him, snd demand of him as a gen-tic man and an honest man, if our position is not true ! And, if it is, that lie say yes ! Mr. Lawrence may not be of that number, but wo know that many Northern capitalists, are here who think that slavery ia a benefit to them, though a curse to us ! We attempted briefly in our lcw Y.k !. h to meet that opinion. We say in all confidence that tho ground then taken by us is true and incontrovertible. What is the continent with all its soil and minerals without labor? Whit sort of customers are the Indians to New York nod Boston? Slavery is wearing out the soil of the South "her millions sre inert-tame Indiana!" One us free labor and we will manufacture much more than now, it is truebut still we will be in the main an agricultural people, because we nave uie son anu climate. We will have by tho energy and intelligence of Iree labors, quadruple what we have now, to exc binge for Northern manufactures. The products of labor are in a eeametrimt. not a simple ratio to its increased energy for often Ihe nouy is cioinrfi ami ted, all the rest being clear gain. Thus A. and B. makes rive hats a day, or two bushels of wheat, enough to clothe and feeil them in Ihe rudest style, they have nothing to exchange for luxuries. C. and D. make ten hats or, four bunhels of wheal per day, Ihey have as much lo expend in luxuries as A. and 11. had to expend tn necessaries; but E and F. by skill and education and superior energy snd mechanism applied to arts and manufactures, make fifteen hats or six bushe's of wheat a day. Now C. and D do not enjoy simply double of A. and B. by laying up their surplus, tin y mi y grow a million times more wealthy instead of just (tries as wealthy, although making but just twice as much per day 1 E and F. by making a third more than C. and D. are not just in that proportion belter citizens in an economical point of view than C. and D., for they are consuming no more than C. and D. whilst thev an making a third more ! 1'ractieallv they would be as far ahead tn Ihe long run of C. anil D as U and D. were of A. and B. We re (teat then that the accumulations of wealth are not in a simple but a geometrical ratio to Ihe talent and energy of the laborer and this difference is greater than any man can imagine or calculate, lis results, however, break upon us with astounding reality when we see Massachusetts, a mere speck on the map of the Union, making in IM'i ninety millions of dollars worth of manufactures, whilst (he whole cotton crop amounted to several millions less? Massachusetts has seven hundred miles of railroad more by some hundreds than all the railroads south of Mason a and Dixon's line. But we have said enough. We regretted to see Mr. Lawrence yielding to the Texas usurpation, with a facility unworthy of the name he bears. Ho may be o shrewd merchant and manufacturer and see "new markets " opened up in Texas for New England enter-nrue. But justice and lasting pronperity go in the long run together reasnn proves it the Bible proves it the undying promptings of Ihe immortal soul prove it. We tell Mr Lawrence in all humility and reciprocal kindness, that he is receiving from Ihe South the shirt of Ncssus iitrh prosperity is the fruit of crime and madness, pain and despair follow in its train! W hen he sees Mr. Rives, let him whisper in his ear, one word ; it is worth a thousand of his letters, able as they are '.Wue I irginin free." Tnu Jmtrirnn. cn Houston. The Columbia (Tenn ) Observer relates ihe following scene, connected Willi the remarkable history of this man : When (ten. Houston abdicated the office of Governor of this State he left Ins home, eschewed civilned life, snd sought a new home and a new life among the Indians in the far West, where he lived some years. On his return to Nashville, there were none perhaps only one person who treated hun otherwise than with neglect or contempt, so low had ttie wheel of fortune, or rather dissolute life, turned him. He was now in an Indian costume at least he wore the cap, hunting shirt and morasms, Slung, no doubt, with mortification for the cold neglect of some and open contempt of others he bore himself with equal indifference toward the community in wnich he had lived once high in office. And when THE AVAILABLE SKILLET. A SKETCH OF WESTERN LIFE. In the winter of le'J-, business led me to journey in norih-weHterii Missouri, then a sparcely settled aud frontier country. Taverns, there were none i aud their substitutes stands." in the 11 Ii rase of the couiu try, poor and far between. I urged my weary horse forward, over the broad nrnine. covered with snow and mud, duringseveral tedious hours, heading toward a distant grove, and musing nil the time. The timber once reached, 1 inny hnd a lodging place for the night, thought 1. I soon did reach the grove, and in it found b single log cabin, surrounded by low fence rails, worm laid. The cabin was tenanted by a young married woman and her two children. Ucr husbaud was from home. As 1 rode up to the door, the woman came unhesitatingly forward, and to niv inuuirv. " Con I be ao comiiiodated with entertainment fur the night?" answered, 1 reckon so. Wo never turns anybody away, whether friends or foes : they are all made comfortable at our house. The strange traveller would find cold lodging on this road, if we did nt keep him it's so far between stands. Ho is gone forty miles to mill, but will be to home to-niorrow. J will do my best, so you may as well come in. I thanked thekind-hearted lady, and accepted her invitation. 1 ruth prompts ine to say, that, notwithstanding tho settlers were then generally very poor, and very illiterate and possessed of only a few comforts or even conveniences, a more open-hearled. irenerously dis posed, and less suspecting people, 1 never found. To me, yankee-educated, men welcome to the firesides of private families, as was every where given to a per. leei stranger, was unaccountable. 1 his woman, to the eye. was rather attractive for the country ; and, by her mien, showed that she was, or fell herself to be, one of tho " upper ten thousand " a fact I soon found corroborated. Her husband was a candidate for sheriff. The rude, long pen, was the whole house, parlor, bed room, kitchen, pantry, all in one. Having asked for supper, I took my seat at a respectful distance from the fire, with nothing to divert my attention from tho cooking operations, and very curious to see how a pluce of so little promise "could make mecomfortable." The first motion towards mv sunner. was the ladv's bringing forth a skillet, which was good enough of its kind. Into this skillet a handful of coffee was put: and then the parching, browning, smoking operation was commenced. The skillet being placed in the blaze of the fire, the process was soon over ; and, if the coffee failed in being well parched, the deficiency wns maue up it was well smukeu. the vessel was now duly cleansed, filled with water, and placed over the fire to boil, while my hostess briskly ground the coffee. Soon the boiling water from the skillet was poured upon tho fluured coffee, and the skillet set to boil upon the coals. By this time my curiosity had become excited by Ihe double and singular use of the skillet; and I watched with increased interest. Next the skillet was turned into an oven, and three bullet-sh nped dodgers ( loaves ) of corn-meal set a-baking. My hostess then took a seat to entertain me by her conversation. On my remarking upon her few conveniences, she answered : ' Yes, stranger, that's all truth ; but we now do so much better than when we first came here it seems, really, quite like living. Then we pounded our com in a hollow stump, and baked our bread on a chip ; but some folks like johnnyenkos best; but when An brought ine this ere new skillet from Fort Osage, 1 felt my fortune was made ; because I could now have such good bread, and could almost use the skillet for a thousand things besides baking. Yes, stranger, you may think it queer, but when he brought me this skillet, I was gladder than tf he had brought mo the bent black silk gown iu St. Louis and I told him so; for it does me more good than fifty dresses could." I assented to all my hoiless said ; but, orter all, it was a tedious hour, this wailing for the bread to bake, wtiile all other supper operations were suspended. My hostess, alter giving the "dodgers three successive thuinpings, pronounced them baked, to my very great satisfaction, as the boiling coffee, sending off its tempting fumes, was cause sufficient for a hungry traveller to be somewhat impatient. But, as all things must come to an end, so the baking did ; and my hopes revived, as 1 saw the skillet receiving a thorough fresh ablution. Large slices of bacon were now placed in the skillet, and the frying process commenced in good earnest ; which, over a hot fire, was soon ended, and my supper pronounced ready. Never did hungry Spartan come to his dish of soup with keener relish. Fatigue and waiting had given me the true Spartan reasoning ; snd I gave good evidence of the skill of the cook, if partaking largely of each of the three components of my supper (coffee, bread and bacon,) could prove it, each was good of ils a inn. My hostess entertained me while eating, with panther stories, tales of the Indiana, and with instances of Western female heroism ; none of which 1 will repeat on this occasion. Again seated by ihe fire after sunner. the akilleLal- ready become notorious, continued to attract my attention. VValer waa heated, and the dishes were washed in it. And a train water waa warmed, and the children wan lied in it fuce, hands and feet. Water was again warmed, and my hostess thoroughly washed her own feet in the same vessel ; and all without any apology Next morning, as you may well imagine, ! rode away bijore brenktasl. W. C. Unities with the Mexicans Texan Victories. The following brief outline of the Drincionl liaitl.. between the Texan and Mexican forces during th. war of independence, will not be uninteresting at this time. In IKt-'t, at the battles of Conception and tlm grass fight," large odds, probably three to one, went uiivi-u irioo me le-iu oy ine jexans; and at Dan Antonio, same year, three hundred raw Texan militia cap- uirru uencrai uoss ana witch nunarta Mexican soldiers.In lend, at Alamo, 180 held nut 13 dsvs amimt Santa Anna and CWKImcn, righting at last until every 1 rami leu ueno, anting :n oi the enemy; 400 at Colletto beat off 1 1 UK I under Genrral Urea, but next day were trtaehtraushj deceived into a surrender ; 7110, of their own spontaneous will, killed or captured I,-00 Mexicans, at San Jacinto, lakinir Drimmr th President of Mex ico, Oen Santa Anna; and twenty law last year, paid taxes on money at interest and debts about to leave Nashville, with an object that was undue it. uu'tn about lt:li).iMm. This vesr. without anv though I of, or esteemed as visionary, hut which was uui 01 consequence, ne passe n along the siren 10 tne landing, bearing a nne on his shoulder, unheeding as he was un honored excrpt bv the cunoiiiy of thr mul titude, Taking his position upon the deck of the boat which was about to convey hun from the field of shame to one of glory, at least 111 the eyes ol the mass, he rested his rifle upon the deck, locked his arms, and leaned his tail snd elegant figure against lite pilot house to await the depirture of the boat. At Ibis strange, proud bearing, the curiosity of the crowd that had assembled at the Uniting changed m aumirsiion. and as Ihe boat rounded off, three cheers for Houston were given ; but mute and motionless he neither re-turned look or nod. Another round followed, but Ins fare waa turned tn the " llslls of tho Monteiumap," and his back In the city 111 which he was yet to be hailed as the hero of San Jacinto." Imiuka, The W ing State Central Committee nf Indiana have, a we learn from the Indianapolis Jour nal, placed In nomination AiKxanora C. Btbvmiom, CoirRRT this F.VRMian. Recollect the Concert ot of Putnam Co, as their candidate for Lieut Governor, Mr. Oi:MrTKR, nl the Neil Ilouso this evening. It I in place nf Mr. Onrit, declined. The nomination is will probably be the only chanco of hearing hitn. ' said lo be a very popular and acceptable one. material alteration in its affairs, it pays taxes on $ ISO,- uoo. Another wealthy estate in the rrnlral part of Ohio, now piys taxes on at least ft"00,WH, that never yet was taxed one dollar. Now as it is not proposed to raise a niurh increased amount of money in all, it would seem thai what rich men and rich estates pay above what Ihey before paid will be so much taken from the burthens of ihe poor or coinpirslively toor. If this is favoring the rich, well may they exclaim, M save us from our friends." Vlertlund Herald. The Washington I'nion Un Ihe following paragraph: 11 W understand that the President of the United States Ins inclosed tteneral Taylor's commission as Btevet Mijor (iener.il of the army in an appropriate and complimentary letter in his own hand. In this document he does lull justice to the glorious achievements of the Hih aud iKh.and lo the Ocncral, the offi cers, and men who participated in the two victories, firs is one nf Ihe most marked compliments which the President could piy in the commanding general We understand Ihat the President promises, as soon as the authentio details nf the action have been received, to gire the proper testimonials to the other of-doers who distinguished thmrlves on theseoccasions." under deaf Smith muled I'-tl .Mexicans ihe same veir. In I one hundred and four beat ItNKf Meiie.n al Saltdlo and retreated into Texas with Ih; loss of only four men. In K4'i, only 210 of them repulsed Gen. Well and I'M) troops at Arroya Salado ; iibl drove 25O0 Mexicans into Meir, fought nineteen hours killed 700 of the enemy, but at last were deceived into a surrender snd horribly butchered or enslaved. In 1H-I3, two hundred unarmed Texan prisoners at Salado attacked four hundred armed Mexican guards, leal and dispersed them. Same year Commodore Moore, of Yucatan, silenced ten times his naval force and compelled them to retire. The last victory resulted in a treaty, or alliance between Yucatan and Texas, by which the former bound herself lo remain passive in any contest which Mexico might thereafter engage in with Texas, and most faithfully have the gallant Yucautocos performed their contract. Hituntlosi of Mntnmorns As we sre upon the subject, we will state a frw facts, which we gather from an intelligent American mer chant, who had resided at Matauioras for eight years. The distance from the Nueces to the Del Norte is about seventy-five miles. On the banks of both these rivers isasirip of good land, extending fifteen or twenty miles each way. The rest is a worthless barren. Mat. a moras is healthy, the yellow fever never appearing mere more man in lcw 1 or a ; and so it is through all the interior of M exico. The Del Norte has many bars ; so that only vesiels of a very light draft of water can go up to Matamnras. Above, it is navigated by scows for a hundred miles. The distance from Matamnras to the Gulf istwenty-six utiles, and to Point Isabel, something more. The Point is a poor place to land merchandise, as a vessel csnnoi come w:lhin a mile of the shore. The distance In thr city of Mexico is from nine hundred lo a Ihnu- sand miles. A small mail is transited the whole distance un horseback, at the rate of sixty miles a day, and occupies sixteen days. From Vera Crui to tho city of Mexico is four hundred miles, over an excel. lent McAdaunzed road, which was built bv the Spanish long ago, snd is now in good repair. Besides this, there are no made roads in Mexico, except in the immediate neighborhood of the large towns. Wagons, aud even coaches, pass from Matamnras lo Mexico. over a travelled road, passing through all varieties of country, and with great labor. The Nr.w i ami its KrraeTs. The news bv th Great Britain is thus noticed bv the New York Ex. press of yesterday . un Hie whole, Ihe news is decidedly favorable. The fact that money has become plenty, and trade active, is of Ihe greatest itiitortanee to us. Whenever the nurse string" sre light 111 London, its effects are sensibly fi ll in Wall street. Uo'cbtck, P. M Private letters soeak more slrnnir- IV ttlsn the llllhlialmH ornimla TI..UP mmm h.l.l m.d firmly, and sales quite active al ftls. bd. a 77, Colli, n waa very firm, ihey represent every branch of trado as improving. The money market Is quite easy for produce and cotton, and a prostect of a settlement of tho Oregon rmrsiion, more certain. 1 His intelligence has had a favorable influence in Wall street. Holders of produce, rot ton aud others feel encoursitt'd. The appear ance uf things is decidedly brighter. Capt. Tiiobton. We learn that this officer was put under arrest immediately after his exc hinge, by order of Gen. Taylor. The cause of this proceeding our inlormnnt was not at liberty to state, but mention- eu that 11 waa on complaint prrlrrreu ny ins omcers. There is a possibility, it is said, that Capt. Thomt' ii inay not be brought to trial at all inasmuch as lis would be entitled lo demand his release and return to dm on the firing of the first gun by Uie Mexicans. V. V. Jour. Com. The " V 1 1. a " Wrttn. John Ojnney Adams, in a recent letter, says that in early life he used tobscro, bul for more than thirty years he has discontinued the practire. 1 have often wishrd," savs he, "lint every individual of the human race, affected with this artificial passion, would prevail upon himself to try, Hut for three months, the experiment which I have made, and 1 am sun tl would turn every acre nf tobacco land into a wheat field, and add Jite years to tho average of human life."

WEEKLY 0 TO STATE JOURNAL VOLUME XXXVI. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1846. NUMBER 45. tempt to furce down the hard-money issue waa about Again being made : An II on out Confession. The Newark Constitutionalist, tin- Hard. Money Lo. cofoco organ of Linking county, in speaking of tho result of the election in that cotinly, makes the following confession : TIIK DEMOCRACY WKKE NOT OUT Vhetj trrrr. dimtijivd vith the Ticket-disliked the issues of Hard-Mnrif and liepftl, irith. out trial, nf the Honk Lairnnd hence PKKMITTED THE KLKCTiON TO GO IiY DEFAULT." Tins paper bowed thu knee to the si Hi ahhard-money " central c i.i (itk " it had iu fiercely denounced. Did it utter the truth when it spoke an above i If so, does it speak the truth mom? when it offtrts to look for victory on this hard-money issue, although nothing ban occurred to niiir for a moment confidence in tlio new system? Answer ye, who may. Who nre Tortus and Traitors! If fucti are allowed to decide the question, it can-not long be in doubt. The braggarts of the Locofoco press, by their denunciations, their abuse and falsehood have done more to obstruct the work of volun-leering and to prevent a hearty co-operation among the people of the country since this war commenced than the worst enemies of the country could do, if allowed lo come and operate in our very midst. What have, they done besides brag and bluster? Immediately around us, the lenders of the opposition have performed no other part of the work. Now, let us sec what Whigs are doing and have done. (jen. Dr. Burs, who was the Whig candidate for Governor of Louisiana, at the last election, volunteered as a prieate when the call was made on Louisiana!Ex-Governor Junks, of Tennessee, offered his services as Captain nf volunteer company ! Under the inspiring exhortations of Hon. 8. S. Piikntiss, the great Whig orator of New Orleans, hundreds rallied to the rescue of our gallant little arfny, supposed to be in the midst of danger. We might go on and give scores of distinguished Whigs in Kentucky who rallied ut the call of their authorities. Kentucky raised the force and complied with the requisition made upon her, before Missouri, Illinois and Alabama had fairly begun to move. The Governor and Whig authorities of our own Stati spent sleepless nights in devising ways and means to comply with the requisition made on Ohio by Hie War Department. But is Ibis all? Hear the N. York Express : The " i niim," as the organ of the Government, is unking itself contemptible in the imputations it throws out n gamut the patriotism of the Whigs, and the Whig Pres, in this Mexican war. Who is Gen. Taylor, now leading our arm tn victory and to glory, in Mexico? A warm hearted, staunch, high minded, Henry Clay Whig. Air. Clay Itns not a warmer friend in the world, one more devoted to him, one who was more anxious for his election to the Presidency. .Nor was there a man in the country more opposed to the Texas annexation, or to thr fay it tros dune. Who is Major IliiiL'gold, whom life bus just been offered up on the bailie field Another Whig, and a Henry Clay Whig! who was thoroughly opposed to Texas annexation, and the tray it tras dune. We did not know Col. Meutti and the olhets, who have fallen, but from their gallant bearing, in the discharge of their duty, we have no doubt they were men of the same school, Commodore Conner, who has rushed to the scene of the war off the Brnzos, as soon as lie heard of it, is, we are told, another Whig. Gen. Heotl, who is to leid our forces in Mexico, has been ft leading W hig candidate for tin Presidency, and has poured out his blood freely for his country. Tho Whigs are not spouttrs, froth-makers, declaim ers, rampant orators, such a the n-l, 40 men are, and all Ihalrlnn and school of uiork patriots, but when any hard fighting is to Ik done for their country, when men or money sre wanted in the battle field, they are there, not spouting, nor making speeches, but acting, as Gen, Taylor dors. If there are any cowards in the day of trial, any ditin numbed for their words, and rem -ant in (heir acts, thev will be found among the frothy "democracy." Wlini Whtgs nnke pledges they mnin what they say, which is much more than can be said of the Drr deiuocrary men. A Dr.sEnvFii Trtmr tk. We are highly gratified to learn that iiiein!crs of Central l.otlet No, of (hid r'ettotrs, of this city, of which he is a member, presented to L-ejl. Jons Ahom, of the Cadets, lal evening, a chaste and beautiful Sword, as a token of their respect ami confidence. It was but a just tribute to unquestioned worth. Should occasion present he will prove tint the Stale has no more loyal son. We understand lint a sword will shortly he present, ed lo the Captain and First Lieutenant of the same company, by their friends. We would suggest a similar nnrk of respect to Capt. W u.rtTr, of the Guards '!' Ins secured the con-fidcticc and respect of his emit mind and of our citi lens generally, by his honorable bearing. Q J The ullicers of ihe Jlil.tr Society of this place, have presented to each of the volunteers in the Iwo companies finned in tint city, for the Mexican cam paign, a copy of the Bible. A rep irt was circulated yesterday, as we are informed, tint some of the mem-tiers of the Companies hid disposed of the sacred volumes improperly. The ullicers of (lie Montgomery Guards pronounce the chirge a base sUnder, as far as it relates to their company ; they hiving ascertained, on inventigition, lint each mem Iter had carefully preserved his copy. I hurra's PuToiii.u. Bim.k Conn. r.ir.. -Tim ."Villi number of Harper's. Illuminated and Pictorial Bible ii out and completes the work. This number is the crowning one of the whole. It is got up magnificently. There are twobenulil'ul full sued engravings intended for tho beginning of the v dilute. Three tantefully arranged and colored designs are included in this number, intended for the record of marriages, births, and deaths. The title pigca are highly creditable works of art. A specimen volume of the whole work, beautifully bound, may be seen at Messrs. Whit mg & Huntington's hook store. Tint FoRf.iiis llcvit.n . In another column will be found the advertisement nf Messrs. Leonard, Scott A- Co., of New York, the rc publishers of (he leading Kuglih Reviews. The series of periodicals embraced in the list, are known by reputation, at least, the world over. They are all old works, sus. tuned to some extent, by the leading men of the two parlies of Knghnd, the Whigs and Tories, but sustained mainly by the resiling politic of Europe on account or their literary merits. Wecannnt here slop l-i sHak uf the character of these works or of their eminent contributor and conductors. The Knglndi He views have a very large nuiutH-rnf readers in this country, and more especially in the Atlantic Stales, and a large nuinler of their lending articles are republished in period teals and reviews of our own conn-try as soon as they are received. The prop-tuitions made by leonard t,V tV, to whose hand is now com-milled Ihe re-publication of these works, are unre liberal than have ever before been made. All who are interested in the literature and politics of Europe, and desire lo gain their reading from the highest sources, Will gladly avail themselves of the opportunity presented lo secure them on highly advantageous terms. Difficulties in the I '.in pi re Ntnte Joim L O Sim ivan, editor of the N. Y. Morning rates of Hank Destruction, the pliant apogisla for News, and also of the Democratic lleview, has been re Ihe action nf the Hill of January ! The Zanesville moved from Ihe office of Printer lo the Corporation of Aurora, a short time before the Convention of the f ih New York and his place given to Slamm & Co. of the was held, quoted and thus commented on a resolution Globe of that city. Since this move the name of O' adopted in Jefferson county, by the hards; j Sullivan has been silently withdrawn from the News uftrssW, That the delegates from J. Ilerson coun- al ' ' brewing in the camp of the ly to the Hth uf January Convention, be nudructcd faithful. Mr. O S. is an accomplished writer, not to agree lo the nomination of any candidal for j The Washington correspondent of the New York itovrrnor unirra or im- i--n-i n : niomcrrisi siys PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MURMNU, 11Y CUAKLKS SCOTT & CO. Oiflco in the Journal BuililinR. south-east corner of High 1 street and Sugar alloy. T K 11 M S : Tunrr TV.- r ir KR ANNUM, which mav be iliachnrtrnil by the payment of To DoM.Aits in advance, and free of j tWMt'ige or of per rentage lo Audits or Collectors. The Journal is aUn published dully during the seraum of the legislature, and llince a ween irie reiuaimirrwt j ; for $: ; and three limes a week, yearly, lor I. THURSDAY EVENING JUNE 4, 1810. The Cnmpuigii Journal ICheering 1 1 We received, last evening, from nn old subscriber, a true-hearted and reliable Whig, a list uf nearly forty subscribers to our campaign paper from his own immediate neighborhood, and he says hits more can lie obtained. The time has come, he says, for every true Whig to buckle on his armor, and they arc arousing nobly to the work in his neighborhood. What is better than all, as showing how the current is setting, one-third of the subscribers be sends are or have been Liicnuriu ! They want light. Another subscriber in another section, sends a strong list, a portion of which, he says, have been Lo-tot.A Iriend in Knox Co , near the Monroe denouncers of the Journal, sends a list of twenty subscriber!. Another friend sends us a list of campaign subscribers, who will, he says, neutralize the influence of the Tux Killer effectually. A devoted and untiring friend in the South-western section of the Hi ate sends us n list nf thirty-four subscribers, and informs us that he expects to get as many more. The limit gratifying feature about ibis whole busi-tiess is, th d our new subscribers arc nearly all among the funuers in the country. This shows where Whig measures arc most highly cherished and will be best sustained. It shows too what a little well-directed labor of true hearted men will effect. This is the w.iy Ihe work goea on. The Whiirs of Ohio are aroused by the fnlso clamor of the Locofoco leaders, and they will do up the work before them thoroughly. Wu nre under obligations to our opponents for the work they have thus done for us. Tho Ftiilure to Supply Fundi! For the equipment and sustenance uf the Volunteers for which it called, has raited down tho severest centum on the administration. The greatest dilhrulty was experienced by the authorities of Ibis Stale at every step taken. The Governor was without a fund to which he Could resort. The Government had a large uui in two of Ihe D inks of the State, but they were mil instructed to pay any of it out, and if they advanced a fund Ihey did so at their own risk. Why was this ? Why did not the War Department and the President, with millions of dollars in their hands appropriated for that express purpose, send in the same mail that bore the requisition, an order on the Deposite Hanks to ad-vane what was necessary f I intend nf doing this, they left the Governor to raise money as best he might, and he was compelled to make loans on the faith of the State before he could proceed. Su h a course on the part of the administration is without excuse. When Gov. Ii. wrote to tho Department to know what he hould do, after a long interval, he was informed thu I the matter would be taken into consideration, or some-thing to that effect. The Cincinnati Gazette says, in alluding lo ihe matter ; Now the Governor of Ohio has been invited to cnll Tor Volunteers under this law, to till three of the six rvgnnenU apportioned to Ohio ; but no funds have been placed at his disposal to furnish or piv these Volunteers in any way, in whole or in part, it the funds are not at hand, and the convenience of the troops In-not cared for, the fault is not his, but that of Ihe Depirt-nient of War at Washington. Why should the Governor raise on his own credit means for supplying these Volunteers.' What law of the Stale or of the Vnited Stales imposes tins duly upon him f We know uf uoue. The Governor cannot be expected to advance mnef to the nation, lie Ins no means at his dispos il for that purpose. If inconvenience is sutfert-d aud blame imputed, let it attach tu those in fault. The Governor is not in fault. nj'The Cincinnati Commercial, of yesterday, thus ad visa's us tint news will he forthcoming speedily: News from lh Army. Our dates, at lime of writiiiir. Tuesday noon, are. from New Orleans, up to Monday evening of last week, when the Cilicion iti left. Tile steamer Telegraph was hourly expected to arrive from Hraos Santiago. The next boats whirli were to leave New Orleans when the Cincinnati left, were the Duke of Orleans and the M ignolia ; they will probably bring fur-tlier news from our army. Iorofoco Prci-c on Ihe Currency beforo and niter tho Hth ot Jnuunryl Cnless we suppose that Ihe mass of our opponents are mere automatons lo Ik- moved aud operated upon at the pleasure of a few leaders contemptible in point of intelligence and as low in character, in many cases, we are forred to the conclusion that on the Currency question the Whigs hivr an overwhelming majority Willi them. Before the Hib of January a large number, if not a majority of the Locofoco presses at re 11 1 ously opposed every attempt to make a din-el issue on the Currency aucslmn. They attributed their defeat last fall to their position against a mixed currency, and predicted overwhelming defeat if the same issue hould again be made. Such were the sentiments tioldly promulgated at various points, and no one con doubt that the slate of publtc sentiment forced a portion of the Journals thus to speak. Now, as nothing lias occurred to change that sentiment. We must suppose it still to exist. It was not a transient feeling, but the growth of careful observation and dear experience. The people of Ohio had trird fairly tried, nmsl of ihe nostrum! of Locofoco leaders. They had reaped nothing but disappointment and difficulty, and they n-fum d lo join Ihe crusade of their leaders against the Currency. Dot Ihe eMk of Jmtrtry, the ever memorable Hth dawned : after a hard but brief struggle, the softs who were the strongest, were overawed, ducomtiited, intuited and set at defianre. What follows.' rr a tiuir sonic of the presses of Ihe pirty refused to succumb. But the majority of the in were content to pocket the insult they had received and smother their own convictions. Are wo to supose that the ieople themselves, the fri Is of a mixed currency among our opponents, also bowed their nerks and followed the berk of their time-serving presses t T say so, would imply, as we hive remarked, that they were mere aulonialotis, without wills of their own, wilhout a conception of truth, utterly devoid of principle. Those may believe what is so derogatory to a portion of the people of Ihe State, who choose to do so, We cannot. We believe that the ensuing election will how that the people are not friendly to an exclusive metallic currency ; that they do not regard With favor a proposition lo compel them to pay their taxes in gold and silver. Our object in commencing this article waa merely to hold up a mirror in which a portion of our opw-nriita can see themselves, and to enable the rank aud file among our opponents to form some estimate of tiie character of those who arc note Ihe vociferous advo- tie tie rnl Hcolt DiHk-ulties at W nhhiiiKtoil. The Washington correspondents of the eastern pa pers speak, very positively, of dilticulties and intrigues ut Washington, arising out of an attempt made, in some way, to supercede him in command or to place him in an improper position. It was stated, as will he recollected, nearly two weeks since, that Gen. Scott had been called on to take command of the forces of the country and lo direct the operations against Mex- It wo recollect aright Ihe Washington papers gave currency to this announcement. A few days alter wards il was announced tint Gen. Scott had been requested to go to the Rio Grande to take charge of thu forces now under tho command of tho gallant Gen. Taylor. This was sedily followed by a state ment that Gen. Scott had declined going to the Itio Grande to take charge of tho regular forces under the command of Taylor, on the ground that the latter had proved himself fully competent to the management of thu operations there, and more than a unite 1 1 for oil the forces the Mexicans had there or could bring into the field before our volunteer tinny was collected. He was unwilling to rob Gen. Taylor of a single laurel, and for reasons worthy of an honorable man and a true hearted soldier, he declined superceding him in the work he had an, well begun. Then first came ru mors of difficulties, with announcements occasionally from various sources, that Gen Scott wna to take com mand of the whole forces, as soon as raised, by virtue of his rank in the army ; and that he would make the arrangements for a vigorous campaign against Mexico, the leading feature of which was to he an invasion at several points, to be consummated by nil assault upon the Mexican Capital itn lf. Humors of difficulties and ruptures, however, still accumulated and assumed more tangible forms. Il is now said, by some of the best letter writers nt Washington, that an angry cor respondence has taken place between Gen. Scott and the Secretary of War, because the former would not go and tuko charge of Gen. Taylor's army that all the difficulty and all the intrigues thai have led to Ihe present state of aff.iirs, were brought about by an attempt to make this war a rrfr affair Ihat a portion of the Locid'oco members of Congress actually went the length of a protest before the President against calling Gen. Scott lo his post as Commander of the forces brought into the field, on the ground that Ar, ha-r 'm been nnmrd in connection with the next Presidency, trout d t in alt prnfntliilitij, to distinguish himsttf if brought into thcfu:ld, as to girt him a popularity litfun which the loyal furcn uf the adminintration could not ttand ! licit thereupon Gen. Scott was slighted, although making every arrangement fur the campaign and that he Ins, finally, demanded an his right, the command of the forces now raising for the campaign. It is also slated that the bill introduced authorizing the appointment of two Major Generals and a further increase of the military establishment, was a political movement designed tn carry out the object of ultimately dispensing with Gen. Sr.ott and of placing in the field certain partisans of .Mr. l'olk, among them the licentious and unscrupulous Houston himself. The country has walehed with solicitude these movements. A deep feeling has her 11 aroused. Gen Scott h is, in a pre-eminent degree, the confidence of the country, and is looked to as the man who by rank, by long and faithful service, by g ill uit achievements during the last war, by prudence and sngacity, is entitled lo the command of the armies of the country. Any attempt to inflict a wrong on him or to consum mate the unparalleled baseness of ordering this war tor party purposes, will amuse a llame throughout the Hunk of River Knisin. The people of this and the Southern section of the State, owo it to their own Hanks that they are not victimized by tho explosion of Ihe last of the wild-cat institutions of Michigan, the Bank of tlivcr Haisin ! The new as welt as Ihe old institutions of the State have mudo every effort to drive out of circulation tho floods of foreign paper they found among us. As rapidly as prudence and the peculiar state of affiirs in the country would allow, they have put out their own pajHT lo fill up the vacuum. It is only because there ii not yet half enough bank capital employed in the State, that any considerable amount of foreign paper remains among us. Let tho people of the State by sustuining their own admirable system, univeisally admitted to be the safest aud best for the note-holder, in the country, finish the work so well begun by our present institutions and secure to us s circulating medium exclusively of Ohio paper, which every man can receive with confidence knowing that it is just as good as gold and silver at all times. Il having been intimated by one of the Locofoco presses of this city, (with the hope of concealing tho fact that the Bank of Hiver Raisin was established by a Locofoco legislature for the benefit of Cass, lying and other leading Lorofocosof Michigan,) that the City Bank f Columbus had given credit to the llivor Raisin paper by receiving, redeeming and putting it in circulation, the Cushier of that institution has taken the trouble to expose the falsehood, as fullows City Uakk or Coi.vmrl'S, Columbus, O., May MJ, 18J(j. To the Editor of the Ohio Statesman : Sin hi your piper of this evening, 1 find this statement 41 River Raisin money received credit in this region by being redeemed by the Mechanics' Savings Institution.'' This statement is not true. The Mechanics' Savings Institution never did redeem the notes of the River Kaisin W ink of Michigan, Tile Mechanics' Savings Institution had not any connection, directly or indirectly, with that bank. Several years ago, when the circulating medium of this Slate was composed chiefly ot the notes of foreign banks, those of the River Raisin bonk made their appearnnce here also, and they were received, as other foreign bank notes, by the Savings' Institution, as by the then other banking institutions of the city, on deposite, and in the other ordinary transactions of business. It was not cuHtoitiary lo pay these notes out here, but ns opportunities offered, to send them to Michigan, or to the northern part of the Slate, whence thev came. The amount in circulation iu this part of the Stale, did not, at any time, appear to bo great. For tin last twelve months, very few of the notes of that or nf any other Michigan hank, have been here. Since the new banks went ntn operation, 1 1 ley have been careful to send home, with a great deal of other foreign paper, all Michigan notes in particular. So fur as I can learn, there were not J'JO River Raisin notes, ( I only know of certain,) in this city when the bank failed. Since then, only one three dollar bill has been offered to me, and Ihat was brought to town by a merchant who had been making collections iu the north. These are fads. Considering the nature of the statement that has appeared in your piper, it would be right. I think, that you should publish this. Very reHeetlullv, tllOS. MOOD1K. A Regular SpoilMimn-A Hiird," to tho Life. C'jiiiiuend us to ihi vociferous leaders of the hard-money faction wh are now seeking to rule this State, for a fair specimen of the spoilsman," one who always takes good cire tint his own broth is well seasoned. Hut Ins patriotism does not run away with his prudmcci that his principles do not incommode him in the pursuit of the one thing needful, ttenjnmiu Tap country before which a miserable, plotting, intriguing, pun, to whom we are indebted fur the n limitation of imbecile dyu-isly, will be no more able lo stand thun are the Mexicans be fire our gallant army on the Rio (iraude. Let the President lie ware, in time, how he moves. The country will tolerate none of the tricks of caucus leaders aud plotting managers, when our alliens ore in the field, iu battle array. Their cup is now nluiosl full. Their measure of guilt ami folly is nt- Dihii Ton, fur the p osition now occupied by the Locofoco forces of Ohio, and who is, emphatically, the leader of the Destructives in the war on the B inks of this State, is a genuine specimen of the genus "Adrrf," and has earned the right to lead such a wor thy host, by a life in which sc'fdntial. aud all the graces of the pitriotic citizen shine out iu inimitable ready m arly intolerable. In reference to the fame and 1 beauty and purity. 11 is abstraction and publication of hts of our defenders our people are peculiarly sensi tive. A train may be ignited beforu the administra tion is aware of it, which will utterly annihilat Iiojm's and fruslruie schemes. certain papers pending the annexation of Texas, in violation of his faith us a Senator, under the pretence that the interests of the country demanded anrxposi- Ml blow ilk U:ilj UiiilaltrO tlin uf I1IC UoutvmjfUiiil a.U him lr.t support of tint fraud, in all its enormity, are hut a por- For the sake of the country we trust that many nf . tion of his pitriotic achievements' by which he has the rumors afloat will be silenced and that the future ; commended himself t j the confidence of Ihe people course of tho administration Will be chosen with a of Ohio. His efficient labors as the signer and circu-strict reference to right, propriety, honor and the best lator of a batch nfshinfdasttrs in this Stale, a few years interests of the nation. j since, and his present undying wtility to paper money The following is a portion of a long and ably writ-; and all the desiente enormities of the B inking Sys- u-ii article that appeared in a Philadelphia paper aud lent, establish his claim to consistency aud principle is corroborated by statements in tho New York and Baltimore papers: About this lime (a week ago) it became necessary to frame a bill systematizing the details of thai granting the supplies. This was con tilled to (ten. Scolt, and wis laid bef re the Military committee of the Senate in Ins hand writing. It was done with the knowledge aud consent, and 1 believe at Ihe request of the W ar Department The Military committee of the Senate met, aud Mr. Mtrcv, Hie Secretary of War, appeared in person before them a proceeding altogether unusual. Several 1 ne m tier being absent, a section was introduced with out any conference Willi Gen. Scott, which appears as l lie very Jtrst in tlie bill reported on 1 uesday morning list by Col. Benton. It is as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and Hon- of Represen tatives o tin' tiuled Stales of America in emigres aisemtiled, That the President of the United States be, ami hereby is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent ol the ntr, two major-grn- rni's, and tour bngaun'r-generais, 111 addition tu itie present military establishment. When it isremeialMTcd, that according to the recent act, the Slates are allowed to appoint their own ullicers, that three Generals of the regular army, Gen. Taylor, Gen. Worth, and Gen. Wool, exclusive of ihe Comuiaiider-in-Chief are lo be on Ihe held, and therefore tint no necessity, and no reasonable pretext exists for the creation of these new ullicers, and the mode by which the clause was inserted 111 the bill, is t ike u into consideration, it cannot but be inferred, there was some desided motirt fur such a movement upu the part of the administration, when the personal agency of a inemlHT of the Cabinet, was necessary to procure its adoption. Will the Government paper answer whether it was the President s purpose by this means fa suprrredt (iiH. Scott in the command of the army, or Ay securing plnrtsfor his friends oif, to return them at the tlosr of the war, trhrn the pence tstuohshmeHt eumt to he far mid) by wring thr go by to Sctttt nnd Haines? I liese are pungent interrogatories ami rrftiicti answers nre demanded by the country, of whose glory and greatuesss the reputation id' Wixt it.i.o S101 r is no unimporlint part. 1 challenge a manly aud candid reply, and I rail upon Ihe President's organ, to tell nn, why this increase of high officers was demanded by the President through his Secretary of War, when Hot needed for Ihe service, In ibis connection let me venture a prediction if this bill is pa-Mcd, Ximttrt Houston, of Texai, will be a General in Ihe army of the Tinted Stales, mark lint! The inferences are left for those who choose to form th em his unchanging regard for tho interests of the dear people on an immutable basis. But, if any thing was wanting to illustrate fully and in just proportion his admirable traits of character, Ins disinterestedness and patriotism, it it fully supplied in the following : Correspondence of the Kirhmond Times and Compiler. W (Mm. to, Mjy J t, 1 lli. A Curious Case Kx-Senator Tap pin from Ohm (a Locofoco of bless ed memory) was appointed to inspect and arrange the inincrnlogical collections brought home by the exploring Expedition, by a committer of Congress. In almost all cases there are duplicates. He was allowed by the committee, for his sercietf, tn take one of each, provided he left all Ihe best specimens for deposite liere. Like Iloyt with the Sub-Treasury, however, lie looked upon tins as a mere Jirtum and has sent oil to Ohio all the best specimens for his own use ; making in the operation in a short time, from i'Ji tr ).",- (HMI. It was discovered a few days ago, and communicated to the Committee of Congress who appointed Inm, who instantly repealed the resolution giving Ihe 1 thee. He resigned directly, and his made a bee-line fur Ohio in quick time. They can do nothing with him, 1 suppnje; for it waa simply a breach of privilege. But is'nt he an un terrified Democrat? By some this is set down as the latest case of ") senct of mind." People of Ohio, behold the min who was deemed worthy lo represent you in the most dignified body of the country, (Ihe U. 8. Senate) and who now calls you tn enlist under At; banner and that of his son, Ihtrid Tody in a crusade against Ihe Currency of the Slate and against the "extravagant "and " selfish" Whigs ! Conquest Mora Hlnve Stalest From the givmgj out in various quutera we entertain hul little doubt that it is the intention of Ihe ad. ministration tn send a force into and giin possession of California. The Nashville I nion, a paper in tho confidence of Mr. Polk, admits tint audi is the design. Now, by what right the administration will retain California, any inure than any other art of Mexico, is a problem we are at a Iocs to solve. If it is Ihe intention to take any part of Mexico, all of it should be taken. There should be no mincing. Mexico waa dissatisfied liccause a portion of her territory was taken, but when another sliro was threatened she resisted. Having driven her from the field we now proceed to lake another shre that will make aouic beau- David Tod's IMnn for Imposing th Increased Burthens ol Taxutiou on the Farmers And holders of real property in the State, hus excited the utmost astonishment. A single gtanco at the measure he urged, shows so plainly that it must prove oppressive and onerous in the last degree, in its operations on those who were already paying more than a just portion of the taxes of the State, as to excite a universal expression of surprise that any man could could be found to favor it. Had U been coupled with a provision to bring all the other properly of the State personal as well as rial the capital of the merchant, the wealth of the money lender, the- magnificent furniture of tho wealthy, &o. &c., all would have been right. 11 that case thu great object of the present law equal tufitton, taxation in proportion to ability to pay and actual wealth, would have been secured. But nothing of this kind was proposed or named by Mr. Tod and those who voted with him. Among them it is true, were some who are our political and personal friends; but they see their error, and they would not ask us to palliate an unjust principle, an erroneous measure, in order to screen thetn. We could not, if they did. It is but right that the people of the State should know that those who have so falsely assailed the present tax law, urge the elevation to the Gubernatorial chur of a man who sought to b, ing the hrhi of the Stale on tat Tax Licl, with ha. their im-rftovKiKNT, ai their Cash Vai.uk, while he would allow the millions or iioi.i.ari woi.h of personal pro-perttji brought on the Tai List by the present law, to KHCAPK F.N Tilt EL t ! Pictorial History or Ejolanu. This is a work just put to press by Harper & Brothers, to be comple ted in 40 numbers, making when done four elegant volumes imperial octavo. In point of artistica) execu tion it bids fair to equal any work of a historical character, designed fir a standard library edition, ever is sued by thu Harpers. It is sufficiently voluminous to do ample justice to the vast Held it explores, at least to suit the taste of the general reader. It embraces a his to-1 ry of the people as well as of Ihe government and institutions, and comes down aslatc as the reign of George the .id, as late, if not later, thin any other work on Knglaud published m this country reaches, and embra cing a period nt peculiar interest to the people of this country. It comprehends in its des'tgn a history of Scotland and Ireland, and is to be carried on in separate divisions. Three or four numbers will be issued every month. The pictorial illustrations are copious and executed in a style eiptal to those of the pictorial bible. The numlier before us contains Hi) piges, a largo amount of matter. cents per number. It may be had at Whiting aqd Huntington's. CorrcHpoiiitcnca of the Biltiinore American. From Wiihhinuton Wamiim.toh, May III). The Democratic members of the House of Representatives were in caucus last night. The meeting was well attended, but many were absent, and the Tariff Democrats were among the many, and it is understood Ihey will refuse to go into caucus upon the question of destroying the Tariff of lVi. It was enough for these men to vote for and electioneer for James K. l'olk, whose election was almost sure to destroy the Tariff That one act has had the e fleet of crerting great distress and great distrust, all of which might hive beeu avoided by securing the choice of a man attached to the iiMtituiioiiH of the country. The caucus, ns I understand, order that the new Revenue Hilt shall be called up in two weeks from next Monday, or about ihe middle of June. The Navy Appropriation Bill is yet to be acted upon, with some smaller appropriation bill, and the design is to get this out of the way before the Keyenue Bill is called up. I lie 1'nvalc t ilenil ir, it is understood, is tn be aban-loned, and it may be for the session of Congress. Never were claimants upon the jintice of Congress so badly treated as by Ihe present. Between the law's lay aud 41 the nisol -nee of office, aclaiuiant here is frowned upon for making a demand of his claims. If fie is a poor man he is put off as a beiiar, and if a rich man he is treated as a nibnb. The ' tender mer cies " of Congress are as cruel as the grave. I he hour of meeting was also a caucus measure and the propowd recess. It has failed to-day, but may succeed to-morrow. The 1' resident has ventured upon a rebuke of the Senate by renominating Hk.irt Hons as Collector of I'o.t 1-lKUdt IptlOt. tiful stare Stales and render more secure than ever the The Moximn W nr. Purpose of the Adminis rule of the slave-power. And tins that prince of S nit hern schemers, the ('resident, thinks the people lug laws of this State, opposing the incorporation of all chartered monopolies, and support Ihe establishment of a sound metallic currency. ' ' What do ihe Oriuociary ol (Mukingum say u una No hitle matter of loral interest in the city of New York has attracted more attention than Ihe election ol the lilulc editor over Mr. O Sullivan as printer In the Corporation, The reason of tins attention has liecti dormer Are they ready tn deride at their county I nmt ,. (ji.e has recenllv stlaeki d Mr Manrroltand meeting In he held on the 17lh inst. whether Ihey will ytt Marry most unmercifully, much lo the rhsgrm of ft sg iiiiii oanas, ana insirnei meir aeicjrniei - uoi p,,W(.r t Isnt Ite ami tn Ihe great annoyance ol lr. to sirrre to the nomination of any candidate for OoV' rrnor unless he adviwate the repeal of the banking law of litis Slate 1 ' and support the establishment of an ex-climve metallic currency i Are you ready lo advo cale the passage of a law 1 compelling- Treasurers lo receive nothing but gold and silver for taxes.' We think il would lie well for the Democracy of this county to express their opinions un tins suljectat their county meeting." The "democracy " of Muskingum did answer and will more emphatically answer this question by aiid hy. Their press has been recreant to its convictions and the true interests of the people, hut Ihey will take care of themselves. They will show that ihey dare to vindicate their own sentiments. Hear the Newark Constitutionalist, another Loco, fooo paper, speaking from a full heart, all its convictions, just after tha sloction last fall and when an al- Bitchie, Mr. l'olk has determined not to dismiss Mr. Bincroft ; no milller how great Ins unpopularity inny Ite, aud no matter how strongly Congress may desire that he should do so. The President, no doubt, would In pic sited lo confer on Mr. B. a foreign uiismnii, but this he cannot do while the Semite is in session, for it is hardly possible that Mr. U could get a single vote in Ihat EhhIv. And if he wen to appoint Inui alter the adjournment it would be an indignity which the next session would resent by an immediate rejection and rrcal. Mr Tyler's Testimony. Mr. Tyler has given in Ins testimony before Ihn Committers at Washington, and it is said he entirely eirulpatet Mr. Webster from all the charges mads against him by Mr. Inge noil, and states that theseen-1 fund waa properly expended, under his owndirection. trillion The following more than seuii-ollicial disclosure of the views and purposes nf the Administration in its war with Mexico is so frank and full, thai the I'ublic, to lie enabled to make up its opinion of their merits, requires only to know, in addition, from the same authority, what it is, on thepirl of the Mexican Republic, thtt Ihe Kxeciitive would consider as manifesting "a sense of justice." Vnt. Intel, From " the 1'nion" of yeitrr.lay morning. Tin New York Albion invokes all the friends nf Iieaee to exert their best ftVrts for its preservation, t thinks the dinger imminent. We sympathise in our wishes with the Albion. W e, too, deprecate any war between tireat Britain and the I'niled States, and we invoke as sincerely as it does Ihe blessings of neare between the Iwo nations. Hul why does it in dulge any fears at this moment? Why suppose Ihat the rait for fifty thousand volunteers points lo a war with Kugland ? We mean to conduct ihe war against Mexico wild all the vigor in our power. We may want Iwenlv-Hve thousand volunteers, or even more, to strike such a blow as may roniel her to make peace. II e shatl innate her territory ; ire shall sriir her strongholds ; ire shall t a k ft r.vin urn 1 antu., if there tuna other mmns of bringing her torn senst of jnttirr. We mav want fifty th timnd volunteer, not sgunst Fnirland, but fr the Mexican w ar. W by need Ihe Allium, then attribute our nnlttarv energy to any cov ert design of waging a war against Knglaud t U J" Will the Ohio I'rcss In good enough to answer our inquiry whether it garbled the quotation made from tltr Ohio Hjteclalor? The last named paper says Ihat Ihe quotation in the columns of the Press cannot Ite found in its column!, How is itr lei) the truth for once, if it should shams the . will submit to quietly and tamely Steadily and Htenllhily is the slave power extending its grasp and adding to its sway. Il Mexico should refuse to give up some nf her ndiest territory, that will, of course, ho -1 good and suthcient reason mr continuing tne war. Oreat Britain has a inorlgige nn California f several years standing, and it is much tn bo feared that any attempt tn carry out the sb-ive namej scheme will be productive of serious dithculties between that UoV mmentand ours ; not that she has aright to interfere, except by mediation, between us and Mexico; but because this security which she holds for a heavy sum nf money, will thus be removed beyond her reach, unless we assume Ihe debt. But, why surmise on these points? Having com menced the work of conquest aud allowed a new slave State with extraordinary privileges, to be annexed, in violation of the plain letter of the Constitution, how can we pause? Having started on Ihe career of error, although we are now made sensible of the price wo shall have lo pay in treasure aud life, peace aud pros- HTity, lor lue lone alsr, where shall we uraw the lino and stay our slepi ? What would justify one step will justify a (toxi n in the sauie track. The blessings secured lo us by the self-denial, the toil ar.d siilVcrmganf the men of 7l, are all to be haxarded by Ihe pursuit of a new and untried career : untried in our case only: but tried to their ruin by nations lie fore us, that have paamd down the tide of1 time and exist now only on the page nf history, Miy Ood, in his mercy, save the Republic, aud avert from us the ruhiuiiici thai impend Pecuniary Fliects of War, Behold the betfinuinirs f evil as described in the following cxlrsrt from a letter from New Orleans lo the Courier 5t Knquirer : Alarm and distrust porvade the commercial cnmmv nity exchanges have rapidly fallen Sterling fj per cent, sight checks on N. York 'JAv-l per cent, discount if day bills :U and then Willi ureat dilticully. and in limited amounts. Produce falling still more rapid ly Flour was offered yesterday nt 'j aud could probably have been bought at jfii. Corn which five days since was at 4-V is to-d iy down to 3'e. Cotton has ileclined 1c per lb. All kimU of inerclundiae are un saleable, except at ruinous rates. Real estate proper ty dead. Money has probably never been scarcer not yen in the general crash ol IKw. Failures h ive already beirun, and so many more an ticipated, that con tide lice is dreadfully shaken. It is also throwing all the freight into foreign bottoms, who not only obtain the preference, but h-gher rales than American vessels. Iiritish shins sre asking Id on Cotton this high rate has not yet been submitted to, hut I have little doubt will be shortly obtained. Two American ships were taken up yesterday at d. 1 ne state ot amirs will react severely on the West, and as a small specimen of the effect of war niton the value of their produce. It will alio react in New York when tho O overtime tit call upon the deosit banks tn place heavy funds at this place, which thev will have to do in specie, as il would be impossible to negotiate bills tie re or buy them at Ihe North 011 this place, in sutticient amounts except at a loss greatly exceeding ttie cost of sending specie, which must either be sent over the mountains and down the river or by a ship 01 war as in present premium in packet ships is per cent , and would be three tunes tint, on the first knowledge that a privateer was afloat against our com merce. The Volunteers Wo hear great complaint, and justly too amonir our citixens generally, nt the refusal of Congress to increase the pay of Volunteers from eight to fifteen dol lars per mouth. It will Ite recollected, a proposition to this e fleet, was Ihe other day brought before the House, by Mr. Root, a W hig member from Ohio, but it was iiMautlv voted down by a party rote the Whg voting for it, and the Locoforos airsinst it. Kven Mr. Fa ran, our Representative, votrd, we believe, in 1 ne negative The Voluiiliirs thus have an intimation of what they may expect at the hands of the demagogues who have climored so loudly lor war, and prated so much about patriotism and national honor. Verily they are a modest and liberal set of geullemen ! They are paid eight dollars per day for declaring thai war exists, but the ptor citixen-soldier, who is called from his family and home, is forced to march thirty days over and deserts beneath a tropical sun, for eight dollars. The constituent receives about Iwentv-seven cents for fighting a hard day s battle, and ttie Krprrsrnlatice gels f i for a few hours' hard talk against Mexico. The niggardly parsimony uf (he party in power will yet recoil on litem, and swy, to a certain extrnt, retard sen-ounly Ihe vigorous prosecution of the present campaign. There is neither Ihe energy nor the liberality manifested at the outset which the country had expected, aud which its interests demand Ciariairi .Mas. Tiir. Ix AMoi-s Tax Law. The Radicals arestriv-ing tn make Ihe new tnx law odious in the opinions of the people by endeavoring to make them Indie ve it relieves Ihe rich and oppresses the poor. That the hw may be improved in some respects there ia no doubt, for the itiliject is a very complicated one, aud the precise operation of all its machinery cannot be told till it is tried. But wo have two cases in point that will show how it relieves the rich, and it is just such relief as a close-foiled rich man would not like at all. A certain estate in Trumbull county under the old C. M. Clay's Notes on Abbott Lawrence. Abbott Lawhkrcj's Lkttkhs to W. C. Rivf.s. We have read these two letters with great cure. The reputation of Mr. Lawrence as a clear headed business man, entitles his opinions to at least a candid consideration, whilst his courtesy and liberality as a gentleman, demand of us terms of delicate respect. It is not the province of this Journal to discuns topics of mere economical interest, upon which the two great parties of this nation are divided ; we therefore ovoid an anulysis of Mr. Lawrence's theory of a tariff and " reciprocity treaties." Suffice it to say, that we do not dissent from him in a single position taken. We sre horn stly of opinion that a tariff of discriminating duties, for the purpose of sustaining and creating homo manufactures is equally beneficial to capital and to lahor, which is the main point, well paid labor being the first element of National and Individual progress. By creating new places for work, you do not diminish the old, and it seems to us that a man who places two manufactories where only one existed be-tore, is equally entitled to the honor of benefactor of the race "as he who causes two blades of grass to grow where there was but one before." It is plain, as Mr. L. says, that Great Britain does all her free trade iu her literature, not in her halls of Legislation. Far less can it be said of other nations, that they are for free trade ; for they seem rather to be verging towards a more restrictive system. But even were it otherwise, we deny that it is our policy to go for free trade. We take the broad ground that if every nation in the world were to abolish tariffs, we should hold on. We say that all commerce consisting in exchange between nations of other than exotic things, is a loss to one or both. Any marine, or other Ihau a productiveoue by fisheries, &c. is a dead loss to mankind, to the whole amount of all the ships snd outfits, the food and clothing of the men and of the labor. The more of man's wants that can be supplied in his own home, and nation, the better for mankind. Let us descend from theory to practice. New England has a poor soil ; but she has learning or skill and water power. It is her interest then to make every thing she wants within her own borders sccording lo the general theory. Foor as her soil if, it is her into rest to till it to the best advantage, rather than let it lie waste, relying for exchange of clothes for Western provisions. But her population rises to the point of subsistence where her soil ceases to afford foi her people ; what then ? they must emigrate, starve, or manufacture, and by an exchange of those manufactured articles, get food. Here mie theory is fully sustained. Kentucky sends her beef snd pork there aud gets manufactured goods in exchange. New England does well; she pursues general principles, and gels rich. But how is it with Kentucky ? She. bv viola ting general principles is kept with all her advantages of soil comparatively poor! Because she bears Ihe expense of all tho exchangf. Our hats, dec, cost us more than ttie farmers of New hnglund, and our beet sells for less. A hut 111 Boston costs the farmer four or five dollars: us five or six. Tho Boston and New York farmers iret from five to six cents for their nound of beef, that pays for the hats. The Kentuckian gets but three cents for his pound of beef at New York or iioston, where we now drive, it costing hun three cents carriage ! These are farts!! Now by 1 division of labor in consequence of home manufactures, on as good a farm with the same labor, the Massachusetts man enjoys twice the amount of the physical wants as the Kentuckian fur every want supplied is a punitive pleasure. Mr. L, tells us to educate our children, and put wheels on our water courses, and then we will (areas well as Massachusetts true, but not the whole truth. Wp would faro better, iust as much as our land is richer than the land of Massachimolts. But why did not Abbott Lawrence tell 111 that slaves were not, and could not become equal to Massachusetts freemen t And of course, education never would become general, and wheels never be put upon our water courses f 3ir. Lawrence does not fear competition in manufactures from us. Of course not ; for he knows just as well as we do that slaves would not manufacture if they could, and could not if they wouiu : No, Mr. Lawrence knows, and W. C. Rives knows, and we know, that any Slave State is just now by slavery what he predicts America would Ite by the loss of the tariff! Wo are provincial, an agricultural peo. pie, wilhout division of labor: and without capital. and must ever remain so, through all time, while sla. very lasts. And we now, before sll America, since Mr. Lawrence has presumed to instruct the South, put the question to him, snd demand of him as a gen-tic man and an honest man, if our position is not true ! And, if it is, that lie say yes ! Mr. Lawrence may not be of that number, but wo know that many Northern capitalists, are here who think that slavery ia a benefit to them, though a curse to us ! We attempted briefly in our lcw Y.k !. h to meet that opinion. We say in all confidence that tho ground then taken by us is true and incontrovertible. What is the continent with all its soil and minerals without labor? Whit sort of customers are the Indians to New York nod Boston? Slavery is wearing out the soil of the South "her millions sre inert-tame Indiana!" One us free labor and we will manufacture much more than now, it is truebut still we will be in the main an agricultural people, because we nave uie son anu climate. We will have by tho energy and intelligence of Iree labors, quadruple what we have now, to exc binge for Northern manufactures. The products of labor are in a eeametrimt. not a simple ratio to its increased energy for often Ihe nouy is cioinrfi ami ted, all the rest being clear gain. Thus A. and B. makes rive hats a day, or two bushels of wheat, enough to clothe and feeil them in Ihe rudest style, they have nothing to exchange for luxuries. C. and D. make ten hats or, four bunhels of wheal per day, Ihey have as much lo expend in luxuries as A. and 11. had to expend tn necessaries; but E and F. by skill and education and superior energy snd mechanism applied to arts and manufactures, make fifteen hats or six bushe's of wheat a day. Now C. and D do not enjoy simply double of A. and B. by laying up their surplus, tin y mi y grow a million times more wealthy instead of just (tries as wealthy, although making but just twice as much per day 1 E and F. by making a third more than C. and D. are not just in that proportion belter citizens in an economical point of view than C. and D., for they are consuming no more than C. and D. whilst thev an making a third more ! 1'ractieallv they would be as far ahead tn Ihe long run of C. anil D as U and D. were of A. and B. We re (teat then that the accumulations of wealth are not in a simple but a geometrical ratio to Ihe talent and energy of the laborer and this difference is greater than any man can imagine or calculate, lis results, however, break upon us with astounding reality when we see Massachusetts, a mere speck on the map of the Union, making in IM'i ninety millions of dollars worth of manufactures, whilst (he whole cotton crop amounted to several millions less? Massachusetts has seven hundred miles of railroad more by some hundreds than all the railroads south of Mason a and Dixon's line. But we have said enough. We regretted to see Mr. Lawrence yielding to the Texas usurpation, with a facility unworthy of the name he bears. Ho may be o shrewd merchant and manufacturer and see "new markets " opened up in Texas for New England enter-nrue. But justice and lasting pronperity go in the long run together reasnn proves it the Bible proves it the undying promptings of Ihe immortal soul prove it. We tell Mr Lawrence in all humility and reciprocal kindness, that he is receiving from Ihe South the shirt of Ncssus iitrh prosperity is the fruit of crime and madness, pain and despair follow in its train! W hen he sees Mr. Rives, let him whisper in his ear, one word ; it is worth a thousand of his letters, able as they are '.Wue I irginin free." Tnu Jmtrirnn. cn Houston. The Columbia (Tenn ) Observer relates ihe following scene, connected Willi the remarkable history of this man : When (ten. Houston abdicated the office of Governor of this State he left Ins home, eschewed civilned life, snd sought a new home and a new life among the Indians in the far West, where he lived some years. On his return to Nashville, there were none perhaps only one person who treated hun otherwise than with neglect or contempt, so low had ttie wheel of fortune, or rather dissolute life, turned him. He was now in an Indian costume at least he wore the cap, hunting shirt and morasms, Slung, no doubt, with mortification for the cold neglect of some and open contempt of others he bore himself with equal indifference toward the community in wnich he had lived once high in office. And when THE AVAILABLE SKILLET. A SKETCH OF WESTERN LIFE. In the winter of le'J-, business led me to journey in norih-weHterii Missouri, then a sparcely settled aud frontier country. Taverns, there were none i aud their substitutes stands." in the 11 Ii rase of the couiu try, poor and far between. I urged my weary horse forward, over the broad nrnine. covered with snow and mud, duringseveral tedious hours, heading toward a distant grove, and musing nil the time. The timber once reached, 1 inny hnd a lodging place for the night, thought 1. I soon did reach the grove, and in it found b single log cabin, surrounded by low fence rails, worm laid. The cabin was tenanted by a young married woman and her two children. Ucr husbaud was from home. As 1 rode up to the door, the woman came unhesitatingly forward, and to niv inuuirv. " Con I be ao comiiiodated with entertainment fur the night?" answered, 1 reckon so. Wo never turns anybody away, whether friends or foes : they are all made comfortable at our house. The strange traveller would find cold lodging on this road, if we did nt keep him it's so far between stands. Ho is gone forty miles to mill, but will be to home to-niorrow. J will do my best, so you may as well come in. I thanked thekind-hearted lady, and accepted her invitation. 1 ruth prompts ine to say, that, notwithstanding tho settlers were then generally very poor, and very illiterate and possessed of only a few comforts or even conveniences, a more open-hearled. irenerously dis posed, and less suspecting people, 1 never found. To me, yankee-educated, men welcome to the firesides of private families, as was every where given to a per. leei stranger, was unaccountable. 1 his woman, to the eye. was rather attractive for the country ; and, by her mien, showed that she was, or fell herself to be, one of tho " upper ten thousand " a fact I soon found corroborated. Her husband was a candidate for sheriff. The rude, long pen, was the whole house, parlor, bed room, kitchen, pantry, all in one. Having asked for supper, I took my seat at a respectful distance from the fire, with nothing to divert my attention from tho cooking operations, and very curious to see how a pluce of so little promise "could make mecomfortable." The first motion towards mv sunner. was the ladv's bringing forth a skillet, which was good enough of its kind. Into this skillet a handful of coffee was put: and then the parching, browning, smoking operation was commenced. The skillet being placed in the blaze of the fire, the process was soon over ; and, if the coffee failed in being well parched, the deficiency wns maue up it was well smukeu. the vessel was now duly cleansed, filled with water, and placed over the fire to boil, while my hostess briskly ground the coffee. Soon the boiling water from the skillet was poured upon tho fluured coffee, and the skillet set to boil upon the coals. By this time my curiosity had become excited by Ihe double and singular use of the skillet; and I watched with increased interest. Next the skillet was turned into an oven, and three bullet-sh nped dodgers ( loaves ) of corn-meal set a-baking. My hostess then took a seat to entertain me by her conversation. On my remarking upon her few conveniences, she answered : ' Yes, stranger, that's all truth ; but we now do so much better than when we first came here it seems, really, quite like living. Then we pounded our com in a hollow stump, and baked our bread on a chip ; but some folks like johnnyenkos best; but when An brought ine this ere new skillet from Fort Osage, 1 felt my fortune was made ; because I could now have such good bread, and could almost use the skillet for a thousand things besides baking. Yes, stranger, you may think it queer, but when he brought me this skillet, I was gladder than tf he had brought mo the bent black silk gown iu St. Louis and I told him so; for it does me more good than fifty dresses could." I assented to all my hoiless said ; but, orter all, it was a tedious hour, this wailing for the bread to bake, wtiile all other supper operations were suspended. My hostess, alter giving the "dodgers three successive thuinpings, pronounced them baked, to my very great satisfaction, as the boiling coffee, sending off its tempting fumes, was cause sufficient for a hungry traveller to be somewhat impatient. But, as all things must come to an end, so the baking did ; and my hopes revived, as 1 saw the skillet receiving a thorough fresh ablution. Large slices of bacon were now placed in the skillet, and the frying process commenced in good earnest ; which, over a hot fire, was soon ended, and my supper pronounced ready. Never did hungry Spartan come to his dish of soup with keener relish. Fatigue and waiting had given me the true Spartan reasoning ; snd I gave good evidence of the skill of the cook, if partaking largely of each of the three components of my supper (coffee, bread and bacon,) could prove it, each was good of ils a inn. My hostess entertained me while eating, with panther stories, tales of the Indiana, and with instances of Western female heroism ; none of which 1 will repeat on this occasion. Again seated by ihe fire after sunner. the akilleLal- ready become notorious, continued to attract my attention. VValer waa heated, and the dishes were washed in it. And a train water waa warmed, and the children wan lied in it fuce, hands and feet. Water was again warmed, and my hostess thoroughly washed her own feet in the same vessel ; and all without any apology Next morning, as you may well imagine, ! rode away bijore brenktasl. W. C. Unities with the Mexicans Texan Victories. The following brief outline of the Drincionl liaitl.. between the Texan and Mexican forces during th. war of independence, will not be uninteresting at this time. In IKt-'t, at the battles of Conception and tlm grass fight," large odds, probably three to one, went uiivi-u irioo me le-iu oy ine jexans; and at Dan Antonio, same year, three hundred raw Texan militia cap- uirru uencrai uoss ana witch nunarta Mexican soldiers.In lend, at Alamo, 180 held nut 13 dsvs amimt Santa Anna and CWKImcn, righting at last until every 1 rami leu ueno, anting :n oi the enemy; 400 at Colletto beat off 1 1 UK I under Genrral Urea, but next day were trtaehtraushj deceived into a surrender ; 7110, of their own spontaneous will, killed or captured I,-00 Mexicans, at San Jacinto, lakinir Drimmr th President of Mex ico, Oen Santa Anna; and twenty law last year, paid taxes on money at interest and debts about to leave Nashville, with an object that was undue it. uu'tn about lt:li).iMm. This vesr. without anv though I of, or esteemed as visionary, hut which was uui 01 consequence, ne passe n along the siren 10 tne landing, bearing a nne on his shoulder, unheeding as he was un honored excrpt bv the cunoiiiy of thr mul titude, Taking his position upon the deck of the boat which was about to convey hun from the field of shame to one of glory, at least 111 the eyes ol the mass, he rested his rifle upon the deck, locked his arms, and leaned his tail snd elegant figure against lite pilot house to await the depirture of the boat. At Ibis strange, proud bearing, the curiosity of the crowd that had assembled at the Uniting changed m aumirsiion. and as Ihe boat rounded off, three cheers for Houston were given ; but mute and motionless he neither re-turned look or nod. Another round followed, but Ins fare waa turned tn the " llslls of tho Monteiumap," and his back In the city 111 which he was yet to be hailed as the hero of San Jacinto." Imiuka, The W ing State Central Committee nf Indiana have, a we learn from the Indianapolis Jour nal, placed In nomination AiKxanora C. Btbvmiom, CoirRRT this F.VRMian. Recollect the Concert ot of Putnam Co, as their candidate for Lieut Governor, Mr. Oi:MrTKR, nl the Neil Ilouso this evening. It I in place nf Mr. Onrit, declined. The nomination is will probably be the only chanco of hearing hitn. ' said lo be a very popular and acceptable one. material alteration in its affairs, it pays taxes on $ ISO,- uoo. Another wealthy estate in the rrnlral part of Ohio, now piys taxes on at least ft"00,WH, that never yet was taxed one dollar. Now as it is not proposed to raise a niurh increased amount of money in all, it would seem thai what rich men and rich estates pay above what Ihey before paid will be so much taken from the burthens of ihe poor or coinpirslively toor. If this is favoring the rich, well may they exclaim, M save us from our friends." Vlertlund Herald. The Washington I'nion Un Ihe following paragraph: 11 W understand that the President of the United States Ins inclosed tteneral Taylor's commission as Btevet Mijor (iener.il of the army in an appropriate and complimentary letter in his own hand. In this document he does lull justice to the glorious achievements of the Hih aud iKh.and lo the Ocncral, the offi cers, and men who participated in the two victories, firs is one nf Ihe most marked compliments which the President could piy in the commanding general We understand Ihat the President promises, as soon as the authentio details nf the action have been received, to gire the proper testimonials to the other of-doers who distinguished thmrlves on theseoccasions." under deaf Smith muled I'-tl .Mexicans ihe same veir. In I one hundred and four beat ItNKf Meiie.n al Saltdlo and retreated into Texas with Ih; loss of only four men. In K4'i, only 210 of them repulsed Gen. Well and I'M) troops at Arroya Salado ; iibl drove 25O0 Mexicans into Meir, fought nineteen hours killed 700 of the enemy, but at last were deceived into a surrender snd horribly butchered or enslaved. In 1H-I3, two hundred unarmed Texan prisoners at Salado attacked four hundred armed Mexican guards, leal and dispersed them. Same year Commodore Moore, of Yucatan, silenced ten times his naval force and compelled them to retire. The last victory resulted in a treaty, or alliance between Yucatan and Texas, by which the former bound herself lo remain passive in any contest which Mexico might thereafter engage in with Texas, and most faithfully have the gallant Yucautocos performed their contract. Hituntlosi of Mntnmorns As we sre upon the subject, we will state a frw facts, which we gather from an intelligent American mer chant, who had resided at Matauioras for eight years. The distance from the Nueces to the Del Norte is about seventy-five miles. On the banks of both these rivers isasirip of good land, extending fifteen or twenty miles each way. The rest is a worthless barren. Mat. a moras is healthy, the yellow fever never appearing mere more man in lcw 1 or a ; and so it is through all the interior of M exico. The Del Norte has many bars ; so that only vesiels of a very light draft of water can go up to Matamnras. Above, it is navigated by scows for a hundred miles. The distance from Matamnras to the Gulf istwenty-six utiles, and to Point Isabel, something more. The Point is a poor place to land merchandise, as a vessel csnnoi come w:lhin a mile of the shore. The distance In thr city of Mexico is from nine hundred lo a Ihnu- sand miles. A small mail is transited the whole distance un horseback, at the rate of sixty miles a day, and occupies sixteen days. From Vera Crui to tho city of Mexico is four hundred miles, over an excel. lent McAdaunzed road, which was built bv the Spanish long ago, snd is now in good repair. Besides this, there are no made roads in Mexico, except in the immediate neighborhood of the large towns. Wagons, aud even coaches, pass from Matamnras lo Mexico. over a travelled road, passing through all varieties of country, and with great labor. The Nr.w i ami its KrraeTs. The news bv th Great Britain is thus noticed bv the New York Ex. press of yesterday . un Hie whole, Ihe news is decidedly favorable. The fact that money has become plenty, and trade active, is of Ihe greatest itiitortanee to us. Whenever the nurse string" sre light 111 London, its effects are sensibly fi ll in Wall street. Uo'cbtck, P. M Private letters soeak more slrnnir- IV ttlsn the llllhlialmH ornimla TI..UP mmm h.l.l m.d firmly, and sales quite active al ftls. bd. a 77, Colli, n waa very firm, ihey represent every branch of trado as improving. The money market Is quite easy for produce and cotton, and a prostect of a settlement of tho Oregon rmrsiion, more certain. 1 His intelligence has had a favorable influence in Wall street. Holders of produce, rot ton aud others feel encoursitt'd. The appear ance uf things is decidedly brighter. Capt. Tiiobton. We learn that this officer was put under arrest immediately after his exc hinge, by order of Gen. Taylor. The cause of this proceeding our inlormnnt was not at liberty to state, but mention- eu that 11 waa on complaint prrlrrreu ny ins omcers. There is a possibility, it is said, that Capt. Thomt' ii inay not be brought to trial at all inasmuch as lis would be entitled lo demand his release and return to dm on the firing of the first gun by Uie Mexicans. V. V. Jour. Com. The " V 1 1. a " Wrttn. John Ojnney Adams, in a recent letter, says that in early life he used tobscro, bul for more than thirty years he has discontinued the practire. 1 have often wishrd," savs he, "lint every individual of the human race, affected with this artificial passion, would prevail upon himself to try, Hut for three months, the experiment which I have made, and 1 am sun tl would turn every acre nf tobacco land into a wheat field, and add Jite years to tho average of human life."